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A Reappraisal of the Medieval Approach Will Lead to Excellent Deliberators

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The Art of Deliberating

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Here we find a demonstration that the Middle Ages produced a canon of good deliberation and that it was taught in universities at that time. It is argued that we should take up the study of such a canon once again. And, finally, the peregrination of the meaning of ‘rhetoric’ is presented and the art of correct reasoning finds its apotheosis.

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Boniolo, G. (2012). A Reappraisal of the Medieval Approach Will Lead to Excellent Deliberators. In: The Art of Deliberating. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31954-9_3

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