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?
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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?
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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). 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.
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Good. Size: 6x1x9; No dust jacket. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.
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