Abstract
I introduce the two principal concepts of this special issue through a discussion of some of the main roles place and time play in argumentation and some of the meanings involved in those roles. Some of the definitions of kairos are explored leading to suggestions for how this concept and that of ‘place’ can operate in argumentation.
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Silence as an argumentative strategy has a number of interesting forms. Jianfeng Wang, in his paper in this collection, draws attention to how Willy Brandt employs it. See also Glenn (2004).
I employ the C. J. Rowe translation (Plato 1986) from Oxford, Aris & Phillips Classical Texts.
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo.
I am grateful to Stephen Pender for drawing my attention to the relevance of Ginzburg's work in this respect.
And here, at the very end, I deign to define the key term of the chapter. But, arguably, this definition required the explorations of the chapter to give it force.
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Acknowledgements
The impetus for a collection of essays with this focus began with the presentation of Andrés Vélez-Posada’s paper “Lugar como Argumento” at a conference in Medellín in 2017. I am grateful that he agreed to include it here and to José Gascon for rendering such a fine translation. The other contributors all warrant gratitude for taking on projects that in some cases led them far from their natural academic environments. For assistance in the preparation of this special issue, in addition to the contributors, I would like to thank the following: David Frank, José Gascon, Jens Kjeldsen, Paula Olmos, Frederico Puppo, and Blake Scott.
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Tindale, C.W. Introduction: Of Place and Time. Argumentation 34, 1–11 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-019-09492-0
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