Re: Reference concerning Aristotle

Good question. I was relying on summaries of his work. You could look at:

 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-rhetoric/

In summary, Aristotle and his peers advocate building arguments around:

Ethos: establishing credibility to engender trust
Pathos: using emotion to stir people’s feelings
Logos: using logic to emphasise rational support
Kairos: opportune, i.e. timely and topical in nature

Walton and others discuss the ideas of argumentation schemes, e.g. establishing credibility by providing evidence that you or a person you cite is an expert with relevant experience.

> On 9 Jan 2024, at 15:56, Matteo Bianchetti <mttbnchtt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave, 
> 
> In your previous email, you said to explore rhetorical guidelines from Aristotle. You did not provide a reference. The most obvious reference is Aristotle's Rethoric but other works may be relevant as well. Which book, if any, of Aristotle did you have in mind?
> 
> Thanks very much,
> Matteo

Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>