Manipulação e argumentação

Abstract

Manipulation is a phenomenon that is often excluded from studies on argumentation, despite always being implicit in the argumentative process, sometimes through persuasive rhetorical strategies, sometimes through ways of treating evidence and information. The objective of this work is to problematize this notion, based on the entry dedicated to it in Christian Plantin’s argumentation dictionary, as well as reflections from other domains, such as psychology, ethics, law and journalistic information. My purpose will be to reflect on the relationship between manipulation, argumentation and rhetoric, illustrating how the manipulative phenomenon is present in some discourses, mapping some of its forms and procedures.