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Shaping science with rhetoric : the cases of Dobzhansky, Schrödinger, and Wilson / Leah Ceccarelli.
LIBRA QH303.6 .C433 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ceccarelli, Leah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life sciences literature.
- Rhetoric.
- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
- Interdisciplinary research.
- Wilson, Edward O. Consilience.
- Wilson, Edward O.
- Dobzhansky, Theodosius, 1900-1975. Genetics and the origin of species.
- Dobzhansky, Theodosius.
- Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961. What is life?.
- Schrödinger, Erwin.
- Interprofessional Relations.
- Research Design.
- Communication.
- Science--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Interprofessional Relations.
- Research Design.
- Communication.
- Science--history.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 204 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1 Inspiring Interdisciplinarity 1
- Texts That Seek to Catalyze Community: An Unexamined Genre of Science 3
- The Close Textual-Intertextual Analysis: Combining Rhetorical Criticism and Historical Research 6
- I Theodosius Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species
- 2 The Initiator of the Evolutionary Synthesis: Historians and Scientist Weigh In 13
- Conflict between Disciplines and Theories 15
- The Evolutionary Synthesis 19
- What Launched the Synthesis? 21
- The Influence of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species 24
- Prelude to a Rhetorical Reading 29
- 3 A Text Rhetorically Designed to Unite Competing Fields 31
- Simplifying Theory 31
- Surveying the Results of Research 37
- Using Language That Promotes Conceptual Change 41
- Addressing Social Concerns 45
- II Erwin Schrodinger's What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell
- 4 The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the Molecular Biology Revolution: Assessing the Place of a Text in History 61
- The Influence of Schrodinger's Text 63
- The Value of Untrue, Unoriginal Science 67
- Other Laws of Physics 75
- Prelude to a Rhetorical Reading 80
- 5 A Text Rhetorically Designed to Negotiate Different Interests and Beliefs 82
- Comparison with Other Attempts at Inspiring Interdisciplinary Work 83
- Negotiating Common Ground: The Value of Precision 89
- Negotiating Professional Goals: The Appeal to Ambition 90
- Negotiating Disciplinary Linguistic Practices: Conceptual Chiasmus 92
- Negotiating Ideological Commitments: Strategic Ambiguity 97
- III Edward O. Wilson's Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
- 6 The Controversy over Sociobiology: Scholars Offer Conflicting Explanations 113
- Wilson's Purpose 113
- The Effect of Wilson's Interdisciplinary Appeals 116
- Explanation 1: Wilson Is Wrong; The Cultural Divide Should Not Be Bridged 119
- Explanation 2: Critics Are Unable to See the Truth Because of Political Bias 121
- Prelude to a Rhetorical Reading 124
- 7 A Text Rhetorically Designed to Fuel Interdisciplinary Hostilities 128
- A Rhetoric of Conquest, Not Negotiation 129
- An Explicit Commitment to Reductionism 139
- Equivocation Rather Than Productive Polysemy 145
- What Wilson's Consilience Could Have Been 148
- IV Speaking to Multiple Audiences
- 8 The Genre 157
- Comparison of Dobzhansky and Schrodinger 158
- Wilson's Participation in the Genre 164
- 9 Contributions to Four Ongoing Conversations 168
- Rhetoric of Science 168
- Rhetorical Inquiry 170
- History of Science 177
- Interdisciplinarity 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226099067
- 0226099075
- OCLC:
- 45276826
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