Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars - Tapa dura

Brown, J.R.

 
9780674006522: Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars
Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 0674006526 ISBN 13: 9780674006522
Editorial: Harvard University Press, 2001

Sinopsis

In Who Rules in Science? James Brown takes us through the various engagements in the science wars - from the infamous "Sokal affair" to angry confrontations over the nature of evidence, the possibility of objectivity, and the methods of science - to show how the contested terrain may be science, but the prize is political: Whoever wins the science wars will have an unprecedented influence on how we are governed.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Críticas

"In Who Rules in Science, James Brown... warns that there's much more at stake here than people realize. This is not just a battle between postmodernist philosophers and working scientists over whether an electron is real or merely a social construction. It's about who gets to define reality, truth and rationality." - Sheilla Jones, Globe and Mail; "This book is a lively, engrossing overview of the philosophical and political issues at stake in the current debates about science. Brown doesn't pull any punches in stating his own views, but he always takes care to present fairly even those arguments with which he disagrees. And he's an equal-opportunity debunker: scientists, sociologists and his fellow philosophers all come in for (mostly justified) criticism." - Alan Sokal, coauthor of Fashionable Nonsense"

Reseña del editor

In Who Rules in Science? James Brown takes us through the various engagements in the science wars - from the infamous "Sokal affair" to angry confrontations over the nature of evidence, the possibility of objectivity, and the methods of science - to show how the contested terrain may be science, but the prize is political: Whoever wins the science wars will have an unprecedented influence on how we are governed.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Harvard University Press
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0674006526
ISBN 13 
9780674006522
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
256
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
Amazon EU Sarl
0
www.amazon.com

38 Avenue John F. Kennedy
Luxembourg
0
L-1855
Luxemburgo

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780674013643: Who Rules In Science: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0674013646 ISBN 13:  9780674013643
Editorial: Harvard University Press, 2004
Tapa blanda