Composition And The Rhetoric Of Science

Author : Michael J Zerbe
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 0809327406

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Composition and the Rhetoric of Science by Michael J Zerbe Pdf

Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse calls for instructors of first-year writing courses to employ primary scientific discourse in their teaching and for rhetoricians of science to think about teaching scientific discourse as a literacy skill. Author Michael J. Zerbe argues that inclusion of scientific discourse is crucial because of this rhetoric’s status as the dominant discourse in western culture. The volume draws on Lyotard, Žižek, Foucault, and Althusser to argue that while important theorists such as these have recognized the dominance of scientific discourse, rhetoric and composition has not—to its detriment. The textillustrates that scientific discourse remains a miniscule part of the enterprise of rhetoric and composition and thus the field is not fulfilling its mission of providing students with the writing and reading skills they need to live and work in a science- and technology-dependent society. Zerbe provides an analysis of science popularizations and demonstrates how these works can be used to contextualize primary scientific research. He also presents three pedagogical scenarios, each built around a carefully chosen, accessible example of scientific discourse, that demonstrate how articles from scientific journals can be used in writing courses. Only by gaining a meaningful fluency in this discourse—one that is not offered by science textbooks—can a more sophisticated scientific literacy be assured. Composition and the Rhetoric of Science effectively explores the relatively limited amount of work done in rhetoric and composition on scientific discourse and questions this state of affairs. Zerbe presents for the first time cultural studies and science literacy as gateways for incorporating scientific discourse into first-year writing courses.

Author : Lawrence J. Prelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015015503785

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A Rhetoric of Science by Lawrence J. Prelli Pdf

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?

Author : Alan G. Gross
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0809326957

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Starring the Text by Alan G. Gross Pdf

Starring the Text: The Place of Rhetoric in Science Studies firmly establishes the rhetorical analysis of science as a respected field of study. Alan G. Gross, one of rhetoric's foremost authorities, summarizes the state of the field and demonstrates the role of rhetorical analysis in the sciences. He documents the limits of such analyses with examples from biology and physics, explores their range of application, and sheds light on the tangled relationships between science and society. In this deep revision of his important Rhetoric of Science, Gross examines how rhetorical analyses have a wide range of application, effectively exploring the generation, spread, certification, and closure that characterize scientific knowledge. Gross anchors his position in philosophical rather than in rhetorical arguments and maintains there is rhetorical criticism from which the sciences cannot be excluded. Gross employs a variety of case studies and examples to assess the limits of the rhetorical analysis of science. For example, in examining avian taxonomy, he demonstrates that both taxonomical and evolutionary species are the product of rhetorical interactions. A review of Newton's two formulations of optical research illustrates that their only significant difference is rhetorical, a difference in patterns of style, arrangement, and argument. Gross also explores the range of rhetorical analysis in his consideration of the "evolution of evolution" of Darwin's notebooks. In his analysis of science and society, he explains the limits of citizen action in executive, judicial, and legislative democratic realms in the struggle to prevent, ameliorate, and provide adequate compensation for occupational disease. By using philosophical, historical, and psychological perspectives, Gross concludes, rhetorical analysis can also supplement other viewpoints in resolving intellectual problems. Starring the Text, which includes fourteen illustrations, is an updated, readable study geared to rhetoricians, historians, philosophers, and sociologists interested in science. The volume effectively demonstrates that the rhetoric of science is a natural extension of rhetorical theory and criticism.

Author : Louise Wetherbee Phelps
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Discourse analysis
ISBN : 9780195067828

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Composition as a Human Science by Louise Wetherbee Phelps Pdf

These groundbreaking essays reflect on the conceptual and ethical basis for composition studies as a new discipline of written language.

Author : BRAINERD. KELLOGG
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103358584X

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TEXT-BOOK ON RHETORIC by BRAINERD. KELLOGG Pdf

Author : Alan G. Gross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Communication in science
ISBN : UCSD:31822023651920

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The Rhetoric of Science by Alan G. Gross Pdf

Alan Gross applies the principles of rhetoric to the interpretation of classical and contemporary scientific texts to show how they persuade both author and audience. This invigorating consideration of the ways in which scientists--from Copernicus to Darwin to Newton to James Watson--establish authority and convince one another and us of the truth they describe may very well lead to a remodeling of our understanding of science and its place in society.

Author : Henry Krips,J. E. McGuire,Trevor Melia
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780822970415

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Science, Reason, and Rhetoric by Henry Krips,J. E. McGuire,Trevor Melia Pdf

This volume marks a unique collaboration by internationally distinguished scholars in the history, rhetoric, philosophy, and sociology of science. Converging on the central issues of rhetoric of science, the essays focus on figures such as Galileo, Harvey, Darwin, von Neumann; and on issues such as the debate over cold fusion or the continental drift controversy. Their vitality attests to the burgeoning interest in the rhetoric of science.

Author : Randy Allen Harris
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 1880393115

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Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science by Randy Allen Harris Pdf

Rhetoric of science is the study of how scientists persuade and dissuade each other and the rest of us about nature -- the study of how scientists argue in the making of knowledge. In fragmented form, it goes back as long as the two fields have existed, and it makes various appearances throughout the history of each. The studies in this volume are exemplars for rhetoric of science. They chart the field, exhibiting the governing themes of rhetorical criticism when its eye turns to science -- suasive greatness, paradigmatic debates, public policy concerns, and composition issues. Starting at the top, the papers take as their main courses the two disciplines highest in the scientific food chain -- physics and biology -- with side orders of archaeology and experimental psychology. They employ a methodological tool-set largely inherited from Aristotle, but also draw pluralistically on related enterprises, such as pragmatics, ethology, and literary criticism. Engaging the ruling theoretical issues of the field, these studies are landmarks that define the field.

Author : Leah Ceccarelli
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226099088

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Shaping Science with Rhetoric by Leah Ceccarelli Pdf

How do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their careers in new interdisciplinary research programs? Why do some attempts to inspire such research win widespread acclaim and support, while others do not? In Shaping Science with Rhetoric, Leah Ceccarelli addresses such questions through close readings of three scientific monographs in their historical contexts—Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937), which inspired the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary biology; Erwin Schrödinger's What Is Life? (1944), which catalyzed the field of molecular biology; and Edward O. Wilson's Consilience (1998), a so far not entirely successful attempt to unite the social and biological sciences. She examines the rhetorical strategies used in each book and evaluates which worked best, based on the reviews and scientific papers that followed in their wake. Ceccarelli's work will be important for anyone interested in how interdisciplinary fields are formed, from historians and rhetoricians of science to scientists themselves.

Author : Brainerd Kellogg
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022429787

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A Text-book on Rhetoric by Brainerd Kellogg Pdf

This textbook on rhetoric offers more than just theory - it provides readers with ample opportunities to practice composition. Through exercises and examples, the reader will gain a deep understanding of the science of rhetoric and how to apply it to their writing. Written by Brainerd Kellogg, this book is essential for anyone looking to improve their writing skills. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Kellogg Brainerd
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 131450617X

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A Text-Book on Rhetoric by Kellogg Brainerd Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : David J. Tietge
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781602353206

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Rational Rhetoric by David J. Tietge Pdf

David J. Tietge examines the place and influence of scientific discourse in the popular consciousness of contemporary American society, offering critical strategies for recognizing, decoding, and understanding scientific language as it is used by both scientific and a-scientific agents and agencies.

Author : Steven Lynn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521821117

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Rhetoric and Composition by Steven Lynn Pdf

An accessible introduction to teaching and studying rhetoric and composition.

Author : Brainerd Kellogg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049231132

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A Text-book on Rhetoric by Brainerd Kellogg Pdf

Author : James Dale Williams
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0809324296

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Visions and Revisions by James Dale Williams Pdf

Williams (Soka U., California) has compiled nine essays that examine rhetoric and composition from the 1960s to the present: its emergence as a field; the influence of linguistics and psychology in shaping an empirical agenda; the waning of that influence as the field aligned itself more closely with the goals and objectives of traditional English departments; the shift toward postmodern perspectives on language, place, and self; and a move toward post-postmodern concerns. This historical study begins with reminiscences by Richard Lloyd-Jones, W. Ross Winterowd, Frank J. D'Angelo, and John Warnock. The second section examines those changes in detail. For example, Williams makes the connection between rhetoric and democracy, especially the influence of liberal democracy on rhetoric in society. He argues that because our liberal democracy is so focused on entertainment, rhetoric and composition must examine its role in relation to it. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR