contingent situations
gives truth a chance to reveal itself over time
superiority
dialectic
propriety
crowd that cannot follow long train of reasoning
a type of response to a type of situation
alternative possibilities
everybody does it
dissoi logoi
popular audience cannot be taught with truth, but conviction
offshoot of dialectic, ethical studies, and politics
right + natural to defend self by speech -- tool should be evaluated independent of its user
ethical studies
actuality
argue both sides of question to know the facts
method of invention + inquiry
no other arts/sciences to serve as guide
concern with common experience
no definite science
political studies
the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
