Arguing to convince: The rhetoric of scientific discourse

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  • Tomás Albaladejo Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4615

Keywords:

rhetoric, rhetorical extension, rhetorical discourse, scientific discourse, argumentation

Abstract

This paper deals with scientific discourse as a rhetorical discourse from the point of view of the structure of the classical parts of oral discourse (and all kinds of discourse). The role of argumentation in discourse, with the perlocutionary goal of convincing the receiver, is studied as the foundation of the rhetorical nature of scientific discourse. A scientific treatise by Santiago Ramón y Cajal is analysed using the tools provided by rhetoric in order to prove the rhetorical nature of scientific discourse. The main contribution of this paper is to establish the crucial role of argumentation in scientific discourse and to demonstrate its permeation of the entire discourse.

 

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Author Biography

Tomás Albaladejo, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).

Full Professor of Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). His research interests include theory of literary language, literary genres, fictionality, theory of literary translation, ectopic literature, rhetoric and political discourse.

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Published

2016-04-15

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Albaladejo, T. (2016). Arguing to convince: The rhetoric of scientific discourse. Metode Science Studies Journal, (6), 129–133. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.6.4615
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Science grid: The public understanding of science (2016)

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Word of Science. The rhetoric of scientific communication

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