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Defining reality : definitions and the politics of meaning

Here, Edward Schiappa argues that definitional disputes should be treated less as philosophical questions of 'is' and more as sociopolitical questions of 'ought'. He covers a broad scope of argument in rhetorical theory, as well as legal, medical, scientific and environmental debates
Print Book, English, ©2003
Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, ©2003
xvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
9780809325009, 9780809325016, 0809325004, 0809325012
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