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Newman, Sara – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1999
Describes an upper level rhetorical theory course for Scientific and Technical Communication majors (developed and taught by the author) that is grounded in Aristotle's "On Rhetoric" and in his understanding that effective communication is a systematic "tekhne"/art. Describes how the course uses Aristotle's work as a…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory
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Little, Joseph – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1999
Traces the term "logos" from the ninth to the fourth century B.C. to distinguish between its general meaning and its technical definition within classical rhetoric. Shows that Aristotle's "pistis" of "logos" refers, not to an appeal to logic, but to the argument or speech itself, which reinstates all three proofs of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Logic, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory
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Dombrowski, Paul M. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2001
Examines the rhetoric of Lysenkoism in Soviet Russia from the 1920s to about 1960 as an overt attempt to redefine science. Discusses the rhetorical dimensions of Lysenkoist discourse from the perspective of the rhetorical theories of Aristotle, Burke, Weaver, Bakhtin, Habermas, and Foucault. Reviews two historical commentaries on Lysenkoism. (SG)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Sciences