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Passions of the Intellect: A Study of Polemics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2015

Andreas Dorschel
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Abstract

Polemics are a sort of critique typically suffused with inimical emotions and passions. But how are these emotions and passions to be construed? Neither authorial expression nor actual arousal properly account for their role in polemics. Rather, the polemicist must stage an unequal battle between a polemical self and the polemical target vis-à-vis an anticipated audience, skilfully handling, through his or her words, the emotions ascribed to each of them.

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Philosophy , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 679 - 684
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2015 

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