Rhetoric and Science: Two Cultures or One?

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Date/Time:Monday, 08 Apr 2013 at 7:30 pm
Location:101 Carver Hall
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
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David Zarefsky is a scholar of rhetoric. He will discuss how debates over policy can in fact resemble the scientific method. Rhetoric is often thought of as manipulative, partisan and self-interested, while scientific discourse is rational, dispassionate and fact-based. But are they truly opposites?

David Zarefsky holds his BS, MA and PhD degrees in Communication Studies at Northwestern University, where he is also Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Communication. His books include Lincoln, Douglas and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate and President Johnson's War on Poverty: Rhetoric and History. His lectures on argumentation and rhetoric can be heard in a course for The Teaching Company. He is a past president of both the National Communication Association and the Rhetoric Society of America.