The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of
explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical …

Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context represents the intersection of knowledge and
method, examined from the perspective of three distinct disciplines: linguistics, rhetoric …

We have only recently started to challenge the notion that" serious" inquiry can be free of
rhetoric, that it can rely exclusively on" hard" fact and" cold" logic in support of its claims …

In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated
equilibrium. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the …

" The most interesting entry point to the demarcation problem in science since Popper's
seminal formulation."--Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, Durham …

This is a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology by the
well-known Canadian scholar, Michael Ruse. Much has been written newly for the …

Frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of
citizenship In Banning Queer Blood, Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a …

From the 1950s to the 1990s, the “incrementalist” model dominated theories of
policymaking. Since Baumgartner and Jones's Agendas and Instability in American Politics …

Before we begin, please take another look at the title; in particular, please notice that, open-
ended and swollen though it is, it manages to avoid three words, one big, one mid-sized …

Contents: 1. Missile defense advocacy in rhetorical and historical perspective. History of US
ballistic missile defense; Critical approach.--2. Star wars and the quest for an elusive" …