A Rhetoric of Science: Inventing Scientific Discourse (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication) - Hardcover
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Part of a series in "Studies in Rhetoric and Communication", this book casts a fresh light on the process by which scientific claims are validated. If scientists cannot justify their claims in positivistic terms, how can a scientific claim be legitimatized? This book looks at the special problems and values governing the communicative practices of scientists. The author demonstrates that when scientists address their claims to other scientists, they create a special kind of rhetoric with rules that distinguish "scientific" discourse from other discourse and allow claims to be judged as "scientific" or not. The author moves beyond the general idea that science has rhetorical dimensions to outline in detail an informal rhetorical logic that constrains scientific discourse. In particular, the book looks at how scientific arguments are designed and on the grounds on which they persuade and are evaluated as peculiarly "scientific" claims.
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A rhetoric of science : inventing scientific discourse
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1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Physical description: xi, 320 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p.269-311. Contents: Introduction. -- The importance of rhetorical invention. Part 1: Rhetorical invention. The nature of rhetoric -- Rhetoric is the suasory use of symbols -- Rhetoric is situational discourse -- Rhetoric is addressed discourse -- Rhetoric is reasonable discourse -- Rhetoric is invented discourse. Rhetorical purposes -- Physchological approaches to rhetorical purpose -- Situational approaches to rhetorical purpose -- A general theory of rhetorical ends. Deciding what the issue is -- What is Stasis? -- Why a Stasis procedure? -- Where can the Stasis procedure be applied? -- How does Stasis procedure operate? -- Conclusion. Rhetorical topical method. -- General features of topical method -- General and special Topoi -- Field-dependant Topoi. Part 2: Rhetorical invention in science. Rhetorical dimensions in scientific discourse. -- Scientific discourse is symbolic inducement -- Scientific discourse is situational discourse -- Scientific discourse is addressed discourse -- Scientific discourse is reasonable discourse -- Scientific discourse is invented discourse -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: determining rhetorical ends. -- The "reasonable" as a scientific end -- The Topoi of scientific reasonableness -- The case of the parapsychologists. The education of the Kok. Conclusion. -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: deciding what the issues are. Stasis procedures for scientific discourse -- Stasis analysis: an episode from the memory-transfer controversy. Conclusion. -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: discovering lines of argument. -- Problem-solution topoi -- Evaluative Topoi -- Exemplary Topoi. Conclusion. -- Practicing rhetorical invention: creating scientifically reasonable claims. -- Creationism and the rhetoric of science -- The double helix and the rhetoric of science -- Conclusion. SubjectS: Communication in science; Philosophy; Rhetoric Philosophy; Invention (Rhetoric). 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 394880
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A rhetoric of science : inventing scientific discourse
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1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Physical description: xi, 320 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p.269-311. Contents: Introduction. -- The importance of rhetorical invention. Part 1: Rhetorical invention. The nature of rhetoric -- Rhetoric is the suasory use of symbols -- Rhetoric is situational discourse -- Rhetoric is addressed discourse -- Rhetoric is reasonable discourse -- Rhetoric is invented discourse. Rhetorical purposes -- Physchological approaches to rhetorical purpose -- Situational approaches to rhetorical purpose -- A general theory of rhetorical ends. Deciding what the issue is -- What is Stasis? -- Why a Stasis procedure? -- Where can the Stasis procedure be applied? -- How does Stasis procedure operate? -- Conclusion. Rhetorical topical method. -- General features of topical method -- General and special Topoi -- Field-dependant Topoi. Part 2: Rhetorical invention in science. Rhetorical dimensions in scientific discourse. -- Scientific discourse is symbolic inducement -- Scientific discourse is situational discourse -- Scientific discourse is addressed discourse -- Scientific discourse is reasonable discourse -- Scientific discourse is invented discourse -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: determining rhetorical ends. -- The "reasonable" as a scientific end -- The Topoi of scientific reasonableness -- The case of the parapsychologists. The education of the Kok. Conclusion. -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: deciding what the issues are. Stasis procedures for scientific discourse -- Stasis analysis: an episode from the memory-transfer controversy. Conclusion. -- Rhetorical invention in scientific discourse: discovering lines of argument. -- Problem-solution topoi -- Evaluative Topoi -- Exemplary Topoi. Conclusion. -- Practicing rhetorical invention: creating scientifically reasonable claims. -- Creationism and the rhetoric of science -- The double helix and the rhetoric of science -- Conclusion. SubjectS: Communication in science; Philosophy; Rhetoric Philosophy; Invention (Rhetoric). 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 394880
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