The Rhetorical Turn: Invention and Persuasion in the Conduct of Inquiry

by Herbert W. Simons

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226759024

ISBN13:9780226759029

Release Date:April 1990

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:395 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Humanities Language Arts Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Public Policy Rhetoric Social Policy Social Sciences Words, Language & Grammar

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