The Prospect of Invention in Rhetorical Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Prelli, Lawrence J.

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“…But those engaged in this discipline are human agents with all the foibles that attach themselves to such agents in whatever sphere they operate. For decades now science has been addressed as a rhetorical activity, with scholars keen to identify its rhetorical nature (Prelli, 1984 ; Gross 1990 ; Ceccarelli 2001 ). Gross ( 1990 ), for example, witnesses beneath the calm façade of the scientific paper a struggle to control meanings, attract followers, and establish authority.…”

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Logical fallacies and invasion biology

Guiașu

Tindale

2018

Biol Philos

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Leading invasion biologists sometimes dismiss critics and criticisms of their field by invoking “the straw man” fallacy. Critics of invasion biology are also labelled as a small group of “naysayers” or “contrarians”, who are sometimes engaging in “science denialism”. Such unfortunate labels can be seen as a way to possibly suppress legitimate debates and dismiss or minimize reasonable concerns about some aspects of invasion biology, including the uncertainties about the geographic origins and complex environmental impacts of species, and the control programs against species perceived as “invasive”. In assessing the quality of the debate in this area, we examine the validity of the use of various strategies, including the “straw man” concept, and explore a range of potential logical fallacies present in some recent prominent discussions about invasion biology and so-called “invasive” species. The goal is to add some clarity to the concepts involved, point out some problematic issues, and improve the quality of the debates as the discussions move forward.

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Logical fallacies and invasion biology

Guiașu

Tindale

2018

Biol Philos

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“…Jeanne Fahnestock recently answered that question in a similar way, saying that rhetoricians have a distinctive sensibility and analytic vocabulary to examine the inventional choices that scientific rhetors make (Fahnestock, 2013). Lawrence Prelli agreed, locating the distinguishing feature of rhetorical analysis in the "case study" where the disclosure of "selections made and discarded" reveals "situated, contextual meanings not accessible to de-contextualized, more abstract, modes of analysis" (Prelli, 2013). As he reminds us, "content analysis, interviews, and ethnography do not distinguish what rhetoricians bring uniquely to cross-disciplinary projects."…”

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Where’s the Rhetoric? Broader Impacts in Collaborative Research

Ceccarelli

2014

Poroi

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White, Burke and the “literary” nature of historical controversies

Tozzi¹

2017

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture

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In this article, my aim is to investigate the contributions that literary theory, as a theory of each and every type of general discursive construction, can offer to shed light on the nature of historiographical controversies, not only in relation to the difficulty of consensual resolution but to the undesirability of agreeing on a single account of the past. This diagnosis, we can assert, is general and shared; nobody argues, in social sciences and humanities, in favor of the search for a unified theory, or a single account. The question is how to account for the plurality and diversity of interpretations in conflict, and the consequences of this plurality for research itself.

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The Prospect of Invention in Rhetorical Studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Logical fallacies and invasion biology

Logical fallacies and invasion biology

Where’s the Rhetoric? Broader Impacts in Collaborative Research

White, Burke and the “literary” nature of historical controversies

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