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Título del libro: The Oxford Handbook Of Philosophy Of Biology
Título del capítulo: The Rhetorical Dimension of Stephen Jay Gould's Work

Autores UNAM:
ANA ROSA BARAHONA ECHEVERRIA; ALBERTO VLADIMIR CACHON GUILLEN;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2009
Palabras clave:

Evolution; Fossil; Rhetoric; Strategies; Theory; View


Resumen:

This article throws light on an important topic of study that is rhetoric, which is debated as neutral tool for bringing about agreements, or an immoral activity that ends in manipulation. There are different versions of rhetoric given by various scientists. It has important social roles such as the testing of ideas, giving shape to knowledge, and deducing responses from someone having an opposing view. Gould's articles help us to understand the use of specific rhetorical strategies and tools, during the debate around the theory of punctuated-equilibria. This is done by using a philosophical approach which distrusts the interpretation of fossil records given by most paleontologists, by using specific visual representations that suggested that the competing theory was committed to the idea of slow evolution at a constant rate, and by presenting the theory of paleontology along with modern synthesis. Rhetorical communication is intimately involved in the assessment of claims and discoveries. © Oxford University Press, 2014.


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