Socrates and Kinetography:

Socratic Definition and the Rebus Principle



Contents

Abstract

Traditional Definitions

Dialectical and Rhetorical Differences

Dialectical Definitions

Prescriptive Authority

Stipulative Agreement

Lexical Description

Negative Explication

Comparative Analysis

Essential and Descriptive Classification

Kinetography

Secondary Orality and Rebus Techniques

Kinetographic Definition

The Four Tropes

Metaphor and Metonymy

Synecdoche and Irony

Tropological Conclusion

Citations

Bibliography




Web Edition of a paper published and presented at the
16th International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform
Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
July 29, 1996

Also, published in
The Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving
7:(2), 49-76, 1997

© Copyright 1996 by Paul Trummel MS MSc BSc FSTD FIOP (PhD-ABD)
College of Engineering, University of Washington
All Rights Reserved: 29 Jul 96/1600 PST
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