The language of science : : a study of the relationship between literature and science in the perspective of a hermeneutical ontology, with a case study of Darwin's The origin of species / / by Ilse N. Bulhof.

The existence of a separation between science and literature has long been taken for granted. This study shows that in science language functions in very much the same way as in literature: it is rhetorical in that it persuades readers to the author's point of view, and it is poetical in that w...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume 34
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, 1992.
©1992
Year of Publication:1992
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 34.
Physical Description:1 online resource (212 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER ONE: PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER TWO: DARWIN'S THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: A RHETORICAL TEXT / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER THREE: THE ENIGMA OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER FOUR: DARWIN AS WRITER / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER FIVE: THE SEPARATION OF SCIENCE AND LITERATURE / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER SIX: LITERARY LANGUAGE AND EVASIVE REALITY: TOWARD A HERMENEUTICAL ONTOLOGY / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION AND POSTSCRIPT / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY / Ilse Ν. Bulhof
  • GENERAL INDEX / Ilse Ν. Bulhof.