Summary Of Argumentation Speaker And Audience By Perelman

In this chapter “Argumentation, Speaker, and Audience”, Perelman discusses argumentation, correct demonstration, audience, and the three kinds of rhetorical speeches. First, he explains the difference between argumentation and demonstration. Demonstration deals with truths while argumentation deals with ambiguities. The speaker uses argumentation to change the audience’s minds, conform them, and arouse them to take action. Perelman also mentions that there are some topics that we should not question and debate. One can use different methods to carry out the argument, based on the situations. According to Perelman, speakers should “adapt themselves to their audiences”, in which the audiences are the people that they want to influence. There