Realism, Rationality, and Rhetoric in Science [electronic resource] : A "New" Focus / Don Paul Jones.
Recognizing that the past study of the rhetoric of science has focused on the link between the public and scientific realms and on the alleged ideological nature of science, this paper proposes the development of a problematic and methodology for the rhetoric of science which focuses on rhetoric int...
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| Summary: | Recognizing that the past study of the rhetoric of science has focused on the link between the public and scientific realms and on the alleged ideological nature of science, this paper proposes the development of a problematic and methodology for the rhetoric of science which focuses on rhetoric internal to the natural sciences. The paper examines the rhetoric of science literature to illustrate the predominant focus and limitations of the problematic that emerged in the l970s from the "Weltanschauungen" perspective; discusses a new emerging synthesis based on pragmatism and realism that reshapes the problematic; and sketches an outline of a new realist methodology specifically designed for the newly focused problematic and suggests how it might be employed to arrive at improved insights into the rhetoric of science. Four general regulatory rules for method selection and application which appear to be consistent with concerns raised in a review of the literature on the rhetoric and philosophy of science are: (1) methods for study of internal science communication should be consistent with the most evolved understanding of the philosophy of science; (2) some of the methods should serve to reveal perceptions and understandings of science and rhetoric that scientists have as individuals; (3) methods should be specifically appropriate to an understanding of internal scientific communication; and (4) applications of methods should distinguish between the physical/natural sciences and the social/behavioral sciences. (Seventy references are attached.) (NH) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED292136. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association (73rd, Boston, MA, November 5-8, l987). |
| Physical Description: | 37 pages |