Remarks on the Challenge Raised to Argumentation Practice by Conspiracy Discourses

Author(s):
Létourneau, Alain
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Conspiracy discourse (CD) holders seem impervious to rational argumentation based on validated argumentative schemes (Keely, 1999). The hypothesis here is that practicing a minimal recognition of claims and values might be a way to open dialogue in some cases. Following a dialectic method (Rescher, 2009) and Cassam’s contribution (2021), I will get back to Lippmann’s theory to clarify a conceptual dissociation (in Perelman’s sense). The trucker convoy in Ottawa, Canada (2022) will serve as case study.

argumentationCassamconspiracydialecticdiscourse theorydissociationOttawaPerelmanReschertrucker convoy
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 539-548
hdl
1887/4107839

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07