Rhetorical Perspectivism: an Epistemologically Meaningful Response to Incommensurability

Traditional views of rhetoric have combined with modern field theory and epistemics to bifurcate rhetoric and dialectic. Therefore, conflicting knowledge claims are considered incommensurate conflicts. This study is designed to investigate the relationship between communication and knowledge and suggest an epistemologically meaningful response to incommensurability. Rhetorical perspectivism is reviewed as a theory of rhetorical epistemology, and applied to the McLean v. Arkansas evolution/creation trial. The study found that the theory provides significant insight into the creation/evolution conflict. The results suggest future possiblities for the study of rhetorical epistemology, particularly rhetorical perspectivism.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Communication

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication

Year

1994

Author dc:creator

• Miller, Brett A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Holt Spicer

• Communication

Statement dc:rights

• © Brett A Miller

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/512

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1513