Arguing with Numbers - The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics

A collection of essays which deploy rhetorical lenses to explore how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions, as well as how our values and beliefs influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept.

About the author

James Wynn is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, andPublic Engagement and Evolution by the Numbers: The Origins of Mathematical Argument in Biology.
G. Mitchell Reyes is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Lewis and Clark College. He is coeditor of Global Memoryscapes: Contesting Remembrance in a Transnational Age.

Summary

A collection of essays which deploy rhetorical lenses to explore how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions, as well as how our values and beliefs influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept.

Product details

• Authors: James Wynne
• Assisted by: G. Mitchell Reyes (Editor), G. Mitchell (Lewis and Clark College) Reyes (Editor), Reyes G. Mitchell (Editor), James Wynn (Editor), James (Carnegie Mellon University) Wynn (Editor), Wynn James (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9780271088822
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08882-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; MATHEMATICS / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Communication Studies, Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments