A Rhetoric of Science: Inventing Scientific Discourse
- ISBN-10
- 0872496457
- ISBN-13
- 9780872496453
- Category
- Science (General)
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Author
- Lawrence J. Prelli
Description
Part of a series in Studies in Rhetoric and Communication, this book casts a fresh light on the process by which scientific claims are validated. If scientists cannot justify their claims in positivistic terms, how can a scientific claim be legitimatized?
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