Keith Ashman, Phillip Barringer

After the Science Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Science and the Study of Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The "War" in science is largely the discussion between those who believe that science is above criticism and those who do not. After the Science Wars is a collection of essays by leading philosophers and scientists, all attempting to bridge interdisciplinary gulfs in this discussion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134616176
• Artikelnr.: 42725156

Autorenporträt

Keith Ashman and Phillip Baringer are both at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
1 Introduction: the "science wars"
2 What the Social Text affair does and does not prove
3 Randomized thoughts of a cultural turncoat
4 Reading and relativism
5 Pure objects and useful knowledges
6 Objectivity and ethno-feminist critiques of science
7 Measuring the Hubble constant
8 Above
beyond
and at the center of the science wars
9 Voodoo medicine in a scientific world
10 The stigma of reason
11 The reenchantment of science
12 Anticipations
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