A rhetoric of science : inventing scientific discourse

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. 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).