{"product_id":"arguing-with-numbers-the-intersections-of-rhetoric-and-mathematics-paperback","title":"Arguing with Numbers: The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Wynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eG. Mitchell Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough nine studies of the intersections between these two disciplines, \u003ci\u003eArguing with Numbers \u003c\/i\u003eshows that mathematics is in fact deeply rhetorical. Using rhetoric as a lens to analyze mathematically based arguments in public policy, political and economic theory, and even literature, the essays in this volume reveal how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions and how our worldviews influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept. In addition, contributors examine how concepts of rhetoric--such as analogy and visuality--have been employed in mathematical and scientific reasoning, including in the theorems of mathematical physicists and the geometrical diagramming of natural scientists. Challenging academic orthodoxy, these scholars reject a math-equals-truth reduction in favor of a more constructivist theory of mathematics as dynamic, evolving, and powerfully persuasive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy bringing these disparate lines of inquiry into conversation with one another, \u003ci\u003eArguing with Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e provides inspiration to students, established scholars, and anyone inside or outside rhetorical studies who might be interested in exploring the intersections between the two disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume are Catherine Chaput, Crystal Broch Colombini, Nathan Crick, Michael Dreher, Jeanne Fahnestock, Andrew C. Jones, Joseph Little, and Edward Schiappa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJames Wynn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCitizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Engagement \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Evolution by the Numbers: The Origins of Mathematical Argument in Biology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eG. Mitchell Reyes\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Lewis and Clark College. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Memoryscapes: Contesting Remembrance in a Transnational Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50405669568749,"sku":"9780271088822","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/arguing-with-numbers-the-intersections-of-rhetoric-and-mathematics-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}