Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2001
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
As both an undergraduate and graduate student in an English department, I have noticed certain attitudes about science and technology that seemed extremely prevalent to me. These views seemed prevalent in my immediate academic environment and, judging by the literature I was exposed to, prevalent throughout the field. The kind of social constructionist attitudes I mean can be summarized as follows: "Scientific knowledge is not nearly as absolute or objective a thing as it has been characterized as being. It is extremely relative, and no more relates to an objective reality than does rhetoric."
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-5936
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Anders Edward Runestad
Copyright Date
2001
Language
en
Date Available
2013-10-14
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
87 pages
Recommended Citation
Runestad, Anders E., "Over-generalized rationales: an analysis of Carolyn R. Miller's influential article "a humanistic rationale for technical writing"" (2001). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 201.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/201
