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The Rhetorical turn : invention and persuasion in the conduct of inquiry /
We have only recently started to challenge the notion that "serious" inquiry can be free of rhetoric, that it can rely exclusively on "hard" fact and "cold" logic in support of its claims. Increasingly, scholars are shifting their attention from methods of proof to the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We have only recently started to challenge the notion that "serious" inquiry can be free of rhetoric, that it can rely exclusively on "hard" fact and "cold" logic in support of its claims. Increasingly, scholars are shifting their attention from methods of proof to the heuristic methods of debate and discussion--the art of rhetoric--to examine how scholarly discourse is shaped by tropes and figures, by the naming and framing of issues, and by the need to adapt arguments to ends, audiences, and circumstances. Herbert W. Simons and the contributors to this important c |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780226759036 0226759032 1283054906 9781283054904 9786613054906 6613054909 0226759016 9780226759012 |
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