Dialectical Topoi (Topoi D-III-E-II-1)

Research group D-III-E-II-1 focused on the notion of topos itself. The main task was to analyze the term’s ambiguity, which derives from its various applications. Also to be investigated were the transformation and modification of the concept of topoi starting from Aristotle’s theory of argumentation to the manifold types of discourse of the Renaissance, which are the background for various modern epistemologies.