Publicação
Challenging Authority with Argumentation
| Resumo: | Authority is both a pragmatic condition of much public discourse and a form of argumentative appeal routinely used in it. The goal of this contribution is to propose a new account of challenging authority in argumentative discourse that benefits from the interplay of the resources of recent speech act theory and argumentation theory. Going beyond standard approaches of the two disciplines, the paper analyzes nuanced forms of establishing and, especially, challenging discourse-related authority. Can Donald Trump advise his own scientific advisors on potential COVID-19 treatments? Addressing questions like this, the paper identifies various paradoxes of authority and the forms of authority discussed in the literature. It then distinguishes between argument from authority (or expert opinion) and argument to authority (or expert opinion) and argues that this rearranged structure mutually benefits the pragmatic account of speech act theory and the schematic account of argumentation theory in the task of better understanding and critiquing discourses such as Trump’s. |
|---|---|
| Autores principais: | Lewiński, Marcin |
| Assunto: | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| _version_ | 1868983223642488832 |
|---|---|
| author | Lewiński, Marcin |
| author_facet | Lewiński, Marcin |
| author_role | author |
| contributor_name_str_mv | Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DCC) Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA) MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute RUN |
| country_str | PT |
| creators_json_txt | [{\"Person.name\":\"Lewiński, Marcin\"}] |
| datacite.contributors.contributor.contributorName.fl_str_mv | Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DCC) Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA) MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute RUN |
| datacite.creators.creator.creatorName.fl_str_mv | Lewiński, Marcin |
| datacite.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z |
| datacite.date.available.fl_str_mv | 2023-03-09T22:27:37Z |
| datacite.date.embargoed.fl_str_mv | 2023-03-09T22:27:37Z |
| datacite.rights.fl_str_mv | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 |
| datacite.subjects.subject.fl_str_mv | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| datacite.titles.title.fl_str_mv | Challenging Authority with Argumentation The Pragmatics of Arguments from and to Authority |
| dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv | Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DCC) Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA) MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute RUN |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Lewiński, Marcin |
| dc.date.Accepted.fl_str_mv | 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z |
| dc.date.available.fl_str_mv | 2023-03-09T22:27:37Z |
| dc.date.embargoed.fl_str_mv | 2023-03-09T22:27:37Z |
| dc.format.none.fl_str_mv | application/pdf |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150281 |
| dc.language.none.fl_str_mv | eng |
| dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| dc.title.fl_str_mv | Challenging Authority with Argumentation The Pragmatics of Arguments from and to Authority |
| dc.type.none.fl_str_mv | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 |
| description | Authority is both a pragmatic condition of much public discourse and a form of argumentative appeal routinely used in it. The goal of this contribution is to propose a new account of challenging authority in argumentative discourse that benefits from the interplay of the resources of recent speech act theory and argumentation theory. Going beyond standard approaches of the two disciplines, the paper analyzes nuanced forms of establishing and, especially, challenging discourse-related authority. Can Donald Trump advise his own scientific advisors on potential COVID-19 treatments? Addressing questions like this, the paper identifies various paradoxes of authority and the forms of authority discussed in the literature. It then distinguishes between argument from authority (or expert opinion) and argument to authority (or expert opinion) and argues that this rearranged structure mutually benefits the pragmatic account of speech act theory and the schematic account of argumentation theory in the task of better understanding and critiquing discourses such as Trump’s. |
| dirty | 0 |
| eu_rights_str_mv | openAccess |
| format | article |
| fulltext.url.fl_str_mv | https://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/0f915c0d-fe48-4e23-89c9-eba06f645468/download |
| funder_facet_str_mv | FCT{{{_:::_}}}Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia FCT{{{_:::_}}}Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| funding.funder.alternateName_str_mv | FCT FCT |
| funding.funder.identifier_str_mv | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 |
| funding.funder.name_str_mv | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| funding.name_str_mv | 6817 - DCRRNI ID 6817 - DCRRNI ID |
| id | run_5ff8d8aacddbce441bc6538846ffacaf |
| identifier.url.fl_str_mv | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150281 |
| inst_facet_str | urn:organizationAcronym:unl{{{_:::_}}}Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| instacron_str | unl |
| institution | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| instname_str | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| language | eng |
| network_acronym_str | run |
| network_name_str | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| oai_identifier_str | oai:run.unl.pt:10362/150281 |
| organization_str_mv | urn:organizationAcronym:unl |
| person_str_mv | Lewiński, Marcin |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| repo_facet_str | urn:repositoryAcronym:run{{{_:::_}}}Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| reponame_str | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| repository_id_str | urn:repositoryAcronym:run |
| service_str_mv | urn:repositoryAcronym:run |
| spelling | engenAuthority is both a pragmatic condition of much public discourse and a form of argumentative appeal routinely used in it. The goal of this contribution is to propose a new account of challenging authority in argumentative discourse that benefits from the interplay of the resources of recent speech act theory and argumentation theory. Going beyond standard approaches of the two disciplines, the paper analyzes nuanced forms of establishing and, especially, challenging discourse-related authority. Can Donald Trump advise his own scientific advisors on potential COVID-19 treatments? Addressing questions like this, the paper identifies various paradoxes of authority and the forms of authority discussed in the literature. It then distinguishes between argument from authority (or expert opinion) and argument to authority (or expert opinion) and argues that this rearranged structure mutually benefits the pragmatic account of speech act theory and the schematic account of argumentation theory in the task of better understanding and critiquing discourses such as Trump’s.application/pdfenChallenging Authority with ArgumentationSubtitleenThe Pragmatics of Arguments from and to AuthorityLewiński, MarcinDepartamento de Ciências da Comunicação (DCC)Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRUNe-mailmailto:run@unl.ptrun@unl.ptISSNIsPartOf2226-471XURNIsPartOfPURE: 55072386URNIsPartOfPURE UUID: 11d61f31-28bd-4cff-8871-46264d439c0bURNIsPartOfScopus: 85138731156URNIsPartOfORCID: /0000-0002-7218-3948/work/130536620URNIsPartOfWOS: 000857713300001DOIIsPartOf10.3390/languages70302072023-03-09T22:27:37Z2022-092022-09-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150281http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessAdviceArgument from expert opinionArgumentum ad verecundiamAuthorityExpertiseIllocutionSpeech act theoryLanguage and LinguisticsLinguistics and Language956207 bytesFundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaNOVA Institute of Philosophy6817 - DCRRNI IDCrossref Funder IDhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaNOVA Institute of Philosophy6817 - DCRRNI IDCrossref Funder IDhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871literaturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/0f915c0d-fe48-4e23-89c9-eba06f645468/download |
| spellingShingle | Challenging Authority with Argumentation Lewiński, Marcin Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| status | SINGLETON |
| subject.fl_str_mv | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| title | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| title_full | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| title_fullStr | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| title_short | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| title_sort | Challenging Authority with Argumentation |
| topic | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| topic_facet | Advice Argument from expert opinion Argumentum ad verecundiam Authority Expertise Illocution Speech act theory Language and Linguistics Linguistics and Language |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/150281 |
| visible | 1 |