The Discourses of Science

The Discourses of Science
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0226656179
ISBN-13 : 9780226656175
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Book Synopsis The Discourses of Science by : Marcello Pera

Download or read book The Discourses of Science written by Marcello Pera and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-12-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather, science is a three-way interaction among nature, the investigator, and a questioning community which, through the process of attack, defense, and dispute, determines what science is. Rhetoric, then, understood as the practice of scientific argumentation, is an essential element in the constitution of science.


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