After the Science Wars

Science and the Study of Science
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-21209-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashman, Keith

Barringer, Phillip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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, Iindex

Über Autor(innen)

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