Beyond rhetorical relativism: A structural‐material model of truth and objective reality

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A rapprochement between the opposing extremes of the argument over the epistemological functions of rhetoric can be achieved through a theory which suggests that objective reality “exists,” constrains rhetoric, but does not entail objective truths. A bounded network theory of language which accounts for both structural and material components of language provides the basis for such a rapprochement, allows the description of the interaction of rhetoric, objective truths, and objective reality, and allows a re‐cognition of the role of consensus in truth‐seeking.

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