
Marcelo Dascal’s Theory of Controversies
In his Theory of Controversies, Marcelo Dascal proposed three types of polemic exchange, in which Controversy was added to the classic types of Discussion and Dispute. For example, in Dascal’s lights, logic is associated with polemic discussions, power manipulations
with disputes, and ‘soft logic’ with controversies. The theory was remarkably successful in providing a realist framework for polemic exchanges. In this paper, I provide a conceptually independent substantiation and expansion of the theory, by associating it with meta-ethical analysis
of thick and thin concepts, indebted to Michael Walzer, Menachem Fisch and Yitzhak Benbaji.
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Keywords: BDS; Bernard Williams; Controversies; Michael Walzer; Theory of Controversies; Thick Ethical Concepts
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: July 10, 2016