The Sensory Modes of Animal Rhetorics
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Magnifies the communicative activities of rhetorical animals particularly as it relates to persuasion
Describes the range of extra-sensory perceptions part of animal rhetorics
Illustrates the limits of human exceptionalism and relying solely on culture to explain persuasive behavior in humanssee more benefits
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As 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