Research article
A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking
Teoria argumentacji. Przypadek etycznego, politycznego i utopijnego myślenia
Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 2(27)/2021, s. 54-68
English
Abstract
A relevant problem in political philosophy and political theory is the distinction between political and utopian arguments. The boundary between these two types of argumentation may be blurred, which leads us to the point when we often deal with contaminations of both ways of thinking in individual positions. This involves, for example, presenting a utopian argument as a political argument and vice versa. The main purpose of the article is to organize these issues by applying the argumentation model developed by Stephen Toulmin to the analysis of both theoretical approaches. The three main problems of this work are: 1) the distinction between political and ethical arguments; 2) identifying the proper structure of political argumentation; 3) evaluation of the coherence of the idea of a realistic utopia (proposed by John Rawls).
Keywords
- political philosophy
- theory of argumentation
- Toulmin’s model
- utopia
- John Rawls
- realistic utopia
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Ł. Perlikowski, A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 2(27)/2021, s. 54–68, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54
ACM
[1] Łukasz Perlikowski. 2021. A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking. AFPiFS 2(27) (2021), 54–68. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54
ACS
(1) Perlikowski, Ł. A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking. AFPiFS 2021, No. 2(27), 54–68. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
APA
Perlikowski, Ł. (2021). A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(27), 54–68. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54
ABNT
PERLIKOWSKI, Łukasz. A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, n. 2(27), p. 54–68, 2021.
Chicago
Perlikowski, Łukasz. “A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(27) (2021): 54–68. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
Harvard
Perlikowski, Ł. (2021) “A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking,” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(27), pp. 54–68. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
IEEE
[1] Ł. Perlikowski, “A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking,” AFPiFS, no. 2(27), pp. 54–68, 2021, doi: 10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
MLA
Perlikowski, Łukasz. “A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(27), 2021, pp. 54–68, https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
Turabian
Perlikowski, Łukasz. “A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(27) (2021): 54–68. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54.
Vancouver
1. Perlikowski Ł. A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking. AFPiFS. 2021;2(27):54–68. doi:10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54
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Łukasz Perlikowski, ‘A Theory of Argumentation: The Case of Ethical, Political, and Utopian Thinking’ (2021) 2(27) AFPiFS 54 <https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2021.2.54>.