Confucius and Virtue Argumentation Theory

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

Abstract

This paper aims to show that Confucius can be regarded as a virtue argumentation pioneer in ancient China. It demonstrates that Confucius has very similar views to VAT regarding the close connection between a speaker’s virtue and her words, his notion of Junzi is akin to ideal arguer, and his teaching practice reveals a special attention to the audience’s characters. Moreover, a Confucian argumentative virtue list is constructed and compared with Aberdein’s argumentative virtue list.

Argumentative virtueConfuciusIdeal arguerVirtue argumentation theory
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 932-943
hdl
1887/4107913

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