LEADER 04895oam 22006254a 450 001 9910794560103321 005 20230126222130.0 010 $a0-271-08923-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271089232 035 $a(CKB)4100000011922797 035 $a(OCoLC)1250075894 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse98651 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6605480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6605480 035 $a(DE-B1597)589083 035 $a(OCoLC)1250486470 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271089232 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011922797 100 $a20210125d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArguing with Numbers$eThe Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics /$fedited by James Wynn and G. Mitchell Reyes 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pa. :$cPennsylvania State University Press,$d2021 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource$a1 online resource 225 1 $aRSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric ;$vv.16 311 1 $a0-271-08881-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart 1 Framing the Intersections -- $t1 From Division to Multiplication: Uncovering the Relationship Between Mathematics and Rhetoric Through Transdisciplinary Scholarship -- $t2 In What Ways Shall We Describe Mathematics as Rhetorical? -- $tPart 2: Rhetoric, Mathematics, and Public Culture -- $t3 The Mathematization of the Invisible Hand: Rhetorical Energy and the Crafting of Economic Spontaneity -- $t4 The Horizons of Judgment in Mathematical Discourse: Copulas, Economics, and Subprime Mortgages -- $t5 The Ourang-Outang in the Rue Morgue: Charles Peirce, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Rhetoric of Diagrams in Detective Fiction -- $tPart 3: Mathematical Argument and Rhetorical Invention -- $t6 Rhetoric and Mathematics in the Saturnian Account of Atomic Spectra -- $t7 The New Mathematical Arts of Argument: Naturalistic Images and Geometric Diagrams -- $tPart 4: Mathematical Presentations: Experts and Lay Audiences -- $t8 Accommodating Young Women: Addressing the Gender Gap in Mathematics with Female-Centered Epideictic -- $t9 Turning Principles of Action into Practice: Examining the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Reform Rhetoric -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aAs discrete fields of inquiry, rhetoric and mathematics have long been considered antithetical to each other. That is, if mathematics explains or describes the phenomena it studies with certainty, persuasion is not needed. This volume calls into question the view that mathematics is free of rhetoric. Through nine studies of the intersections between these two disciplines, Arguing with Numbers shows that mathematics is in fact deeply rhetorical. Using rhetoric as a lens to analyze mathematically based arguments in public policy, political and economic theory, and even literature, the essays in this volume reveal how mathematics influences the values and beliefs with which we assess the world and make decisions and how our worldviews influence the kinds of mathematical instruments we construct and accept. In addition, contributors examine how concepts of rhetoric-such as analogy and visuality-have been employed in mathematical and scientific reasoning, including in the theorems of mathematical physicists and the geometrical diagramming of natural scientists. Challenging academic orthodoxy, these scholars reject a math-equals-truth reduction in favor of a more constructivist theory of mathematics as dynamic, evolving, and powerfully persuasive. By bringing these disparate lines of inquiry into conversation with one another, Arguing with Numbers provides inspiration to students, established scholars, and anyone inside or outside rhetorical studies who might be interested in exploring the intersections between the two disciplines.In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume are Catherine Chaput, Crystal Broch Colombini, Nathan Crick, Michael Dreher, Jeanne Fahnestock, Andrew C. Jones, Joseph Little, and Edward Schiappa. 410 0$aRSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric 606 $aMathematics$xSocial aspects 606 $aRhetoric$xSocial aspects 608 $aEssays.$2lcgft 610 $aRhetoric. 610 $aalgorithms. 610 $aeconomics. 610 $aeducation. 610 $amathematics. 610 $ascience. 610 $atransdisciplinary. 615 0$aMathematics$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aRhetoric$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 702 $aReyes$b G. Mitchell$4edt 702 $aWynn$b James$4edt 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794560103321 996 $aArguing with Numbers$93684204 997 $aUNINA