[Xmca-l] Re: Habits (Greek: ethos)

Mon Jul 11 10:43:15 PDT 2016

Larry, you've made a good point.

I think Aristotelian rhetoric can also generate a sense of belonging alongside being and becoming. For example, teaching, as a rhetorical act, is in essence a kind of persuasion through the use of ethos, pathos and logos. Such persuasion is indicative of the teacher's identity.

James

________________________________
From: Lplarry <lpscholar2@gmail.com>
Sent: 08 July 2016 14:41
To: Ma, James (james.ma@canterbury.ac.uk); eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: RE: [Xmca-l] Re: Habits (Greek: ethos)

Falling within the realm of subjectivity and also the realm of (identity).

So... Ethos, pathos, and logos as (ways) of generating a sense of identity.

Are these Aristotelian notions:

expressing quality (meaning *potential*)

Or

Expressing instances (existential)

Or

Expressing types (symbolic and shared)

OF

ethos, pathos, and logos

That generate (identity) or sense of being/becoming a ...

Sent from my Windows 10 phone

From: Ma, James (james.ma@canterbury.ac.uk)<mailto:james.ma@canterbury.ac.uk>
Sent: July 8, 2016 3:34 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity<mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Habits (Greek: ethos)

Hello Rob,

I'd be interested to hear more too - perhaps if you could shed light on the entirety of Aristotelian rhetoric (ethos, pathos and logos). I'm always interested in what falls within the realm of subjectivity.

James

________________________________

From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>

Sent: 08 July 2016 10:10

To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity

Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Habits (Greek: ethos)

Rob,

Please do say more.

What is the classical notion of "ethics"? or "'ethos"? etc.

-greg

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 5:38 PM, R.J.S.Parsons <r.j.s.parsons@open.ac.uk>

wrote:

> Sorry, can't keep my hands off this. "Ethos" in Greek is one of those

> untranslatable words that bundles up a whole set of concepts without an

> equivalent in English. It includes the idea of habits, habitually, but

> it is not rght to say it *is* the Greek word for habit.

>

> I'm not against us discussing habits at all; it just awoke the

> slumbering classicist in me.

>

> Rob

>

> On 08/07/2016 04:46, Annalisa Aguilar wrote:

> > Greg,

> >

> > (I'm starting a new thread with I hope a less loaded word than ethics).

> >

> > When you said, "person X habitually responds to a particular type of

> situation with behavior Y" I was reminded of JJ Gibson's affordances, but

> it depends upon what you mean by "situation," right?

> >

> > Just thought to add this to the mix.

> >

> > Kind regards,

> >

> > Annalisa

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

--

Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology

880 Spencer W. Kimball Tower

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson

Gregory Thompson | Brigham Young University - Academia.edu<http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson>

byu.academia.edu

Gregory Thompson, Brigham Young University, Anthropology Department, Faculty Member. Studies Education, Social Psychology, and Discourse Analysis.