Toulmin's field-dependency thesis and the threat of relativism

dc.contributor.advisor	Hitchcock, David	en_US
dc.contributor.advisor	Arthur, Richard	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pineau, Andrew	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Philosophy	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-18T17:03:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-18T17:03:37Z
dc.date.created	2013-09-11	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-10	en_US
dc.description.abstract	<p>In this thesis I deal with the issue of relativism that threatens Toulmin’s field- dependency thesis (i.e. the claim that the standards of argument appraisal depend on the argument field in which the argument occurs). After offering partial interpretation of the concept of “argument fields” and elucidating the concept of field-dependence, I argue that Toulmin’s field-dependency thesis does result in an unacceptably strong relativism.</p>	en_US
dc.description.degree	Master of Arts (MA)	en_US
dc.identifier.other	opendissertations/8140	en_US
dc.identifier.other	9254	en_US
dc.identifier.other	4577590	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/13322
dc.subject	Toulmin	en_US
dc.subject	relativism	en_US
dc.subject	argument	en_US
dc.subject	fields	en_US
dc.subject	field-dependence	en_US
dc.subject	Other Philosophy	en_US
dc.subject	Other Rhetoric and Composition	en_US
dc.subject	Speech and Rhetorical Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Other Philosophy	en_US
dc.title	Toulmin's field-dependency thesis and the threat of relativism	en_US
dc.type	thesis	en_US

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