Rhetoric & Truth - Rescheduled Date W25/26
If truth is worth talking about, it must be accounted for. To be able to say what one has seen, however, is one of the more difficult exercises in thinking. The fact that many speak more than they have to say, and some have discovered more than they can communicate, is the lot of people whose world is first revealed in words, but is also hidden by language. Even in antiquity, men appeared who took advantage of this deficiency: Deception, manipulation, demagogy and disinformation - they form the context in which rhetoric must legitimise itself to this day. Only where it is worth arguing about truth can a speech claim to be binding and an insight to be valid. The course provides practice in forms of speaking and thinking - in techniques that should not even be called "technical", such as argumentation, debate, dialectic, free speech - and is for all those who want more than to present something and themselves well.
The seminar will take place on the island of Pellworm. Cost: approx. €200.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Werner
Fragt man Jürgen Werner nach seinem Beruf, erzählt er manchmal eine Episode aus dem Film „Jules et Jim“ von François Truffaut: In einem Eisenbahnabteil sitzend begegnen die beiden Titelhelden einander, woraufhin der eine den anderen anspricht und wissen will, was der denn von Beruf sei. „Ich bin ein Neugieriger“, bekommt er zur Antwort. „Das ist doch kein Beruf“, zeigt sich der erste verwundert. Doch er wird beschieden: „Aber das wird mal einer“. – Alle Neugierigen finden mehr unter www.juergen-werner.com/leben.
Objectives & Competences
What is expected:
A desire to think, an interest in philosophy and rhetoric.
Expected learning outcomes:
Thinking, understanding, and acquiring communication skills.
Maximum number of participants
12 participants