Type journalArticle Authors Kari Palonen Publication title Rethinking History Issue 3 Volume 4 Pages 301 Short title Logic or Rhetoric in the History of Political Thought? Language English Keywords 1 theory and philosophy of historiography linguistics/discursive turn rhetoric schools/paradigms Abstract Focuses on the characterization of logic and grammar. Dimension of linguistic action; Development of objectivism and skepticism; Exclusion of the rhetorical and political dimensions from dilemmas and traditions.