Isbn: 9780872496453 - a rhetoric of science: inventing scientific discourse (studies in rhetoric/communication) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. If scientists are unable to justify their claims in positivistic terms, how can these claims be legitimatized? This text looks at the special problems and values governing the communicative practices of scientists.

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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. …