Narrative experiments : the discursive authority of science and technology / Gayle L. Ormiston and Raphael Sassower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ormiston, Gayle L., 1951-

Contributor:

Sassower, Raphael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Narrative Experiments was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In Narrative Experiments, Gayle Ormiston and Ralph Sassower bring a refreshing perspective to the domains of inquiry we call ""science"" and ""technology,"" asserting that traditional definitions (like classical idealism and materialism) fail to suggest the rich and complex cultural/linguistic interplay occurring between them. This context is not merely a

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Interplay of Science and Technology: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Fictional Visions of Science and Technology; Chapter 3. Legacies, Legends, and Enlightenments: The Pretext of Critique; Chapter 4. The Dissemination of Authority; Chapter 5. Consequences of Dissemination: Narrative Recollections and the Languages of Pedagogy; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5581-2

0-8166-1821-6

OCLC:

182732707