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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. What Was Chaos Theory, and Why Would People Want to Borrow It? 1
2. Disciplinary Pluralism 25
3. The Rhetorical Functions of Borrowing and the Uses of Disciplinary Prestige 57
4. Motivating Methodological Change 81
5. Metaphorical Chaos 103
6. How to Criticize a Metaphor 121
7. Facts, Values, and Intervention 149
8. Beautiful Chaos? 181
9. Postmodern Chaos and the Challenge of Pluralism 203
Notes 239
Works Cited 259
Index 283

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
1. What Was Chaos Theory, and Why Would People Want to Borrow It? 1
2. Disciplinary Pluralism 25
3. The Rhetorical Functions of Borrowing and the Uses of Disciplinary Prestige 57
4. Motivating Methodological Change 81
5. Metaphorical Chaos 103
6. How to Criticize a Metaphor 121
7. Facts, Values, and Intervention 149
8. Beautiful Chaos? 181
9. Postmodern Chaos and the Challenge of Pluralism 203
Notes 239
Works Cited 259
Index 283

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