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Writing as Thinking
Author(s) -
KOVAC JEFFREY
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06103.x
Subject(s) - sketch , rhetorical question , scientific writing , point (geometry) , epistemology , scientific thinking , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , algorithm
A bstract : In this article I try to sketch preliminary answers to several questions. (1) What is the role of writing in science? (2) How can rhetorical analysis illuminate the nature of scientific writing? (3) What is the role of models and metaphors in scientific thinking and writing? Since this is a preliminary inquiry, my remarks are brief and suggestive, but I think they point to some profitable directions for further study.