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What Do You Mean, Rhetoric Is Epistemic?, William D. Harpine

Faculty Publications

The thesis that rhetoric is epistemic has gained widespread acceptance and has influenced rhetorical theory. The thesis suggests that argumentative justification in rhetorical contexts is fundamentally epistemic. Unfortunately, however, much of the literature developing the thesis has employed vague or inconsistent definitions of key terms, resulting in theoretical errors and needless complications. This essay clarifies the definitions of “rhetoric,” “knowledge,” and “certainty,” showing how the notion that rhetoric is epistemic might be developed in a clearer and more useful way.

Genung’S Theory Of Persuasion: A Literary Theory Of Oratory Of Late Nineteenth-Century America, William D. Harpine

Faculty Publications

John Genung’s late nineteenth century rhetoric textbooks, although founded on an eighteenth century model of Scottish composition, present an original conception of oratory. Genung’s theory breaks free of the classical models and lays out the path to be followed during the development of speech studies among American rhetoricians of the early twentieth century.

Is Modernism Really Modern? Uncovering A Fallacy In Postmodernism, William D. Harpine

Faculty Publications

Some postmodernists criticize the view that the logics of Western thought can be employed universally. In doing so, they assume without adequate proof that different human societies have greatly different rationalities and employ completely different logics. This essay argues that, on the contrary, widely different cultures often share noteworthy similarities in rationality.

Race-Conscious Admissions Programs: Where Do Universities Go From Gratz And Grutter, Suzanne E. Eckes

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Law Review Digests

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

A Programming Environment For Static And Dynamic Distributed Systems., Seyed H. Roosta

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

2004 Annual Report, Office For The Study Of Aging

Office for the Study of Aging: Alzheimer's Registry

The Arnold School of Public Health of the University of South Carolina (USC), in cooperation with the South Carolina (SC) Department of Health and Human Services, the SC Department of Mental Health, the USC School of Medicine, and the SC Office of Budget and Control, maintains a statewide Registry of SC residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.

This report uses the abbreviation ADRD to indicate “Alzheimer's disease or related disorder.” The “related disorders” refer to dementias associated with vascular disease, and with chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Where we refer specifically to “Alzheimer’s disease” (AD), we limit …

Testing, Treatment, And Trust: Social Work Professional Development And The Genomics Revolution, Anna M. Scheyett, Kimberly Strom-Gottfried

Faculty and Staff Publications

Knowledge in the area of human genetics and genomics is expanding at an exponential pace, with significant implications for social work in health, mental health, and other settings. This article identifies some key roles social workers may play in the arena of genetics, discusses social workers responsibility for ongoing professional development in this area, and describes a flexible genetics and genomics social work curriculum developed by the authors. We provide an evaluation of pilot curriculum implementations, discuss ongoing strategies and barriers to dissemination, and make recommendations for future actions to more fully incorporate genetics and genomics content into the social …

Multiagent Systems With Workflows, José M. Vidal, Paul A. Buhler, Christian Stahl

Faculty Publications

Industry and researchers have two different visions for the future of Web services. Industry wants to capitalize on Web service technology to automate business processes via centralized workflow enactment. Researchers are interested in the dynamic composition of Web services. We show how these two visions are points in a continuum and discuss a possible path for bridging the gap between them.

A Liuthad Soitheach: Exile And The Clearances In The Writing Of Lain Crichton Smith, Moray J. Watson

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Volksdichter Und Künstler: German Responses To Robert Burns, Margery Palmer Mcculloch

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Henry Mackenzie's Harley: A Reaction Against Commercialism, Dale Mcdaniel

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Edwin Morgan And The Two Cultures, Stephen Fox

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Grassic Gibbon's Art Of Community: A Scots Quair And The Condition Of Scotland, Hanne Tange

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Action At A Distance: Narrative Structure And Technique In Lain Banks' Whit, Stephen R. Jones

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Robert Burns's Missing Weekend, Hogmanay 1786, N. C. Craig Sharp

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Plain Style, Or The High Fashion Of Empire: Colonialism, Resistance And Assimilation In Adam Smith's Lectures On Rhetoric And Belles Lettres, Lori Branch

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

My Last Lecture: Unsolicited Advice For Future And Current Lawyers, Stephen D. Easton

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Alexander W. Scherr, Hillary Brave Farber

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.2 N.1 01/2004

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.2 n.1 01/2004

Accuracy Of Airborne Lidar-Derived Elevation: Empirical Assessment And Error Budget, Michael E. Hodgson, Patrick Bresnahan

Faculty Publications

As part of a countywide large-scale mapping effort for Richland County, South Carolina, an accuracy assessment of a recently acquired lidar-derived data set was conducted. Airborne lidar (2-m nominal posting) was collected at a flying height of 1207 meters above ground level (AGL) using an Optech ALTM (Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper) 1210 system. Unique to this study are the reference point elevations. Rather than using an interpolation approach for gathering observed elevations at reference points, the x-y coordinates of lidar points were located in the field and these elevations were surveyed. Using both total-station-based and rapid-static GPS techniques, observed vertical …

A Parameterization Model For Transportation Feature Extraction, Michael E. Hodgson, Xingong Li, Yang Cheng

Faculty Publications

This article presents one solution to the parameterization problem for automated road feature extraction models. Using a line-length buffer approach, a measure of agreement between extracted road features and reference road features is defined. An automated approach for deriving this agreement index is presented and implemented as a parameterization model. Coupling the implemented parameterization model with an existing transportation feature extraction model is demonstrated. Although the solution was designed for a road feature extraction model (FEM), the conceptual design could be applied to other linear FEMs, such as models for streams, fault lines, and isolines.

Design And Analysis Of An R-Shaped Dual-Band Planar Inverted-F Antenna For Vehicular Applications, Mohammod Ali, Guangli Yang, Huan-Sheng Hwang, Tuangsit Sittironnarit

Faculty Publications

A dual-band R-shaped planar inverted-F antenna is proposed for vehicular application. Utilization of this unique geometry dual-frequency operation is achieved with a single feed. The proposed antenna operates in the 225- and 450-MHz bands. Input impedance and return loss data as function of various antenna parameters are presented, which show that parameters can be adjusted in order to obtain optimum tuning. Radiation pattern data for the antenna mounted on the roof of two types of vehicles are given. The pattern in the low-frequency band is essentially omnidirectional while that in the high-frequency band is directional and normal to the antenna …

Preparation Of School Library Media Specialists In The United States, Donna M. Shannon

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

President's Page, Samantha K. Hastings

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

December 3, 2003 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Under The Dome - December 2003, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Zelda.....p. 1
From the Director.....p. 2
McKissick Around the Nation.....p. 2
Telling the Story.....p. 2
Folklife Awarded Major Federal Grant.....p. 3
The Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award.....p. 4
Exhibitions.....p. 4
Activities.....p. 4

November 5, 2003 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Solar Neutrinos, Sno And Neutrino-Deuteron Reactions, Vladimir Gudkov, Kuniharu Kubodera

Faculty Publications

The standard nuclear physics approach and effective field theory approach for calculations of neutrino–deuteron cross sections for the solar neutrino energies are considered. Their main features, the level of accuracy and problems to be addressed for further developments are discussed.

Academic Freedom And The Obligation To Earn It, Donald D. Weidner

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.