Arguing with Numbers : : The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics /

Arguing with Numbers : : The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics / / ed. by James Wynn, G. Mitchell Reyes.

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As discrete fields of inquiry, rhetoric and mathematics have long been considered antithetical to each other. That is, if mathematics explains or describes the phenomena it studies with certainty, persuasion is not needed. This volume calls into question the view that mathematics is free of rhetoric...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
MitwirkendeR:
Chaput, Catherine,
Colombini, Crystal Broch,
Crick, Nathan,
Dreher, Michael,
Fahnestock, Jeanne,
Jones, Andrew C.,
Little, Joseph,
Reyes, G. Mitchell,
Schiappa, Edward,
Wynn, James,
HerausgeberIn:
Reyes, G. Mitchell,
Wynn, James,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric ; 16
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Physical Description:1 online resource (302 p.) :; 17 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Framing the Intersections
  • 1 From Division to Multiplication: Uncovering the Relationship Between Mathematics and Rhetoric Through Transdisciplinary Scholarship
  • 2 In What Ways Shall We Describe Mathematics as Rhetorical?
  • Part 2: Rhetoric, Mathematics, and Public Culture
  • 3 The Mathematization of the Invisible Hand: Rhetorical Energy and the Crafting of Economic Spontaneity
  • 4 The Horizons of Judgment in Mathematical Discourse: Copulas, Economics, and Subprime Mortgages
  • 5 The Ourang-Outang in the Rue Morgue: Charles Peirce, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Rhetoric of Diagrams in Detective Fiction
  • Part 3: Mathematical Argument and Rhetorical Invention
  • 6 Rhetoric and Mathematics in the Saturnian Account of Atomic Spectra
  • 7 The New Mathematical Arts of Argument: Naturalistic Images and Geometric Diagrams
  • Part 4: Mathematical Presentations: Experts and Lay Audiences
  • 8 Accommodating Young Women: Addressing the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Female-Centered Epideictic
  • 9 Turning Principles of Action into Practice: Examining the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Reform Rhetoric
  • Contributors
  • Index

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