Rhetoric in(to) Science Style's Invention in Inquiry by Heather Graves
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This book examines the role that rhetoric plays in the creation and conceptualization of new knowledge claims. Rather than examining historical scientific documents, it looks at scientists (experimental physicists) in the act of conducting research, interpreting data, and constructing accounts of an experiment and highlights how they worked with the linguistic resources available to them to bring into existence abstract concepts and gain new insight into the subject of their study. Using ethnographic-type data to observe and record the contributions of rhetoric to the work of science, the book addresses some of the big questions about the epistemic and ontological status of rhetoric in the context of ongoing scientific inquiry. The book concludes with an examination of the implications of this research for the teaching of writing, especially focusing on the role that specialists play in modeling effective writing in their disciplines. Abridged Contents: Introduction. A History: How the Scientific Method Appropriated Rhetorical Invention Theory During the Rise of Science. How Analogy Becomes Epistemic in the Process of Inquiry. How Metaphor Shapes Theory in the Construction of Scientific Knowledge. Metonymy, Rhetoric and Ontology in the Process of Inquiry. What Can the Rhetoric of Science Tell Us About Teaching Writing. Works Cited. Author Index. Subject Index. Year: 2005 Pages: 300