Andrew S. Eick
The Rhetorical Toolbelt: An Overview of the Means of Persuasion
Introduction In my introduction to this series, I began with Aristotle’s definition of rhetoric as “the available means of persuasion”....
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Andrew S. Eick
Rhetoric as the Philosopher’s Toolkit
Rhetoric is a great many things to a great many people. For some it is primarily forensic, centered on argumentation, rationality, and...
Andrew S. Eick
Tipping the Canoe: The Fallacy of Centrism and Moral Authority
As a Missourian, I have a wonderful access to my state’s incredible variety of river systems and a state park infrastructure that permits...
Andrew S. Eick
The Discordance of American Discourse
Some time ago, a friend and I had a discussion on rhetoric. At issue, was the role and function of identification and the valid...
Andrew S. Eick
The Incivility in the Call for Civility over the American Resistance
“The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. The slight reproach to which the virtue of...
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