Quelle dimension argumentative dans les carnets de recherche en sciences humaines ?

Abstract

This contribution aims to examine the argumentative dimension of scientific blog posts. Previous works have shown the important role of persuasion means in scientific discourses, usually viewed as «closed discourses” exclusively addressed to peers. However, new modes of diffusion due to the Open Science context are changing the expected audience of scientific writings and thus involve new rhetorical strategies in order to take into account a broader public. The concept of “argumentative dimension” (Amossy 2000) entails the adjustment to an audience in order to win shared acceptance of a vision and therein the use of rhetorical means of proof (ethos, logos, pathos). This article discusses this concept by way of a case study based on two academic blogs from the French platform Hypothèses : on the one hand, a blog that gives voice to French researchers after the 2015 terrorist attacks, on the other hand, a blog where two historians are relating their current PhD project.

Keywords

• academic blogging
• argumentative dimension
• Open Science
• scientific discourse