Abstract:In this paper we consider the prospects for an account of good argument that takes the character of the arguer into consideration. We conclude that although there is much to be gained by identifying the virtues of the good arguer and by considering the ways in which these virtues can be developed in ourselves and in others, virtue argumentation theory does not offer a plausible alternative definition of good argument.Résumé: Dans cet article, nous examinons les avantages d'une notion de bon argument qui prend en considération le caractère d'un argumentateur. Nous concluons que bien qu'il y ait beaucoup à gagner à identifier les vertus d'un bon argumentateur et à tenir compte des façons dont ces vertus peuvent être développées en nous-mêmes et chez les autres, la théorie des vertus dans l'argumentation n'offre pas une alternative plausible aux critères de bon argument.
A decade before Oxford Dictionaries selected 'post-truth' as its word of the year, Merriam-Webster selected 'truthiness' as its 2006 word of the year. 'Truthiness' had come to public notice through its use by American comedian Stephen Colbert. He used the term in part as a response to George W. Bush's abuse of rhetorical appeals to intuition and to gut feeling rather than to the facts. In explaining his use of the term, Colbert said: We're not talking about truth, we're talking about something that seems like truth-the truth that we want to exist. 1 In another interview, he commented, It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. 2
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