1. What Was Chaos Theory, and Why Would People Want to Borrow It?

Chapters in this book

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