Comments on: Why do I speak?… http://rhetorica.net/archives/5492.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/5492.html/comment-page-1#comment-4538 acline Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:37:18 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5492#comment-4538 Sys- I'm not sure if it's always true, either. But I operate with a theory that suggests that it is :-) Sys- I’m not sure if it’s always true, either. But I operate with a theory that suggests that it is :-)

]]> By: Sisyphus http://rhetorica.net/archives/5492.html/comment-page-1#comment-4537 Sisyphus Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:30:11 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5492#comment-4537 This is your best post on your "re-theorization of the illocutionary act of Speech-act Theory." "Bloggers would do themselves and their causes far more good if they paid attention to kairos and accepted that what they really really want deep deep down is to move hearts and minds." I'm not sure if that's always true. I think that there is a kairos for a speech-act that searches for information, knowledge, truth or reality-testing, rather than <i>just</i> persuasion. This is your best post on your “re-theorization of the illocutionary act of Speech-act Theory.”

“Bloggers would do themselves and their causes far more good if they paid attention to kairos and accepted that what they really really want deep deep down is to move hearts and minds.”

I’m not sure if that’s always true. I think that there is a kairos for a speech-act that searches for information, knowledge, truth or reality-testing, rather than just persuasion.

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/5492.html/comment-page-1#comment-4536 acline Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:42:07 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5492#comment-4536 Sven-- Another nefarious consequence of the narrative bias. Sven– Another nefarious consequence of the narrative bias.

]]> By: Sven http://rhetorica.net/archives/5492.html/comment-page-1#comment-4535 Sven Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:12:32 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=5492#comment-4535 Something about that article seems <a href="http://www.bostongroupienews.com/TimeMagazine.html" rel="nofollow">eerily familiar</a>. Something about that article seems eerily familiar.

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