Book ID: CBB000049383

Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric (1991)

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Pera, Marcello (Editor)
Shea, William R. (Editor)


Science History


Publication Date: 1991
Physical Details: xi + 212 pp.; notes; index

Description Contents: Kitcher, Philip: Persuasion. Pera, Marcello: The role and value of rhetoric in science. McMullin, Ernan: Rhetoric and theory choice in science. Rossi, Paolo: Mnemonical loci and natural loci. Shapere, Dudley: On deciding what to believe and how to talk about nature. Westfall, Richard S.: Galileo and Newton: Different rhetorical strategies. Shea, William R.: Descartes and the art of persuasion. Machamer, Peter: The person-centered rhetoric of 17th-century science. Mamiani, Maurizio: The rhetoric of certainty: Newton's method in science and in the interpretation of the Apocalypse. Holton, Gerald: Quanta, relativity, and rhetoric.


Reviewed By

Review Abbri, F. (1991) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 405-7). unapi

Review Durant, J. (1991) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". Nature (p. 714). unapi

Review Eriksson, G. (1993) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". Lychnos (pp. 309-10). unapi

Review Vincent, B. Bensaude (1992) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 340-42). unapi

Review Montuschi, E. (1994) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (pp. 375-86). unapi

Review Golinski, J. (1993) Review of "Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 746-49). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Westfall, Richard S. (1991) Galileo and Newton: Different rhetorical strategies. In: Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric (p. 107). unapi

Chapter Shea, William R. (1991) Descartes and the art of persuasion. In: Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric (p. 125). unapi

Chapter Machamer, Peter (1991) The person-centered rhetoric of 17th-century science. In: Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric (p. 143). unapi

Chapter Mamiani, Maurizio (1991) The rhetoric of certainty: Newton's method in science and in the interpretation of the Apocalypse. In: Persuading science: The art of scientific rhetoric (p. 157). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lu, Yixi
Jean, Jason
Rockefeller Archive Center
History of Science Society
Uebel, Thomas E.
Solomon, Susan Gross
Journals
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
Synthese
Social Studies of Science
Rivista di Filosofia
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
Pergamon
Ohio State University Press
New York University Press
Maspero
Kluwer Academic
Dept. of History and Sociology of Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Concepts
Science
Discourse analysis
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Privately sponsored science; philanthropy
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Evolution
People
Neurath, Otto
Morelly
Millás Vallicrosa, José María
John of Reading
Grosseteste, Robert
Gieryn, Thomas F.
Time Periods
Medieval
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Russia
British Isles
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Archive Center
History of Science Society
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