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The Productivity Of Scientific Rhetoric, David J. Depew, John Lyne Mar 2014

The Productivity Of Scientific Rhetoric, David J. Depew, John Lyne

David J Depew

We argue that the rhetoric of science occupies an important niche in contemporary science studies. Although we are pluralistic about how different rhetoricians of science can and do conduct their inquiries, we assert that their disciplinarily distinctive approach is to treat argumentation as a constituent of context. From this perspective, we observe various interacting forms of rationality at work in the controversies that constitute science in society. We argue that modes of discovery and modes of proof are mutually engaged in the process of rhetorical invention. We identify a variety of topics or commonplaces that show invention as we conceive …


Introduction To Issue 8,1, David Depew Mar 2014

Introduction To Issue 8,1, David Depew

David J Depew

Volume 8, No 1, of POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Analysis and Invention, offers three essays and, in accord with our practice, summaries of the Proceedings of 2011 Preconference of the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST).


Introduction To Volume 10,1, David J. Depew Mar 2014

Introduction To Volume 10,1, David J. Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.


Back To Class Warfare: The Rhetoric Of Mitt Romney, David J. Depew Mar 2014

Back To Class Warfare: The Rhetoric Of Mitt Romney, David J. Depew

David J Depew

The essay suggests that Mitt Romney sees America from a 19th century perspective.