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After the science wars / edited by Keith M. Ashman and Philip S. Baringer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Science and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-61617-1
- 0-203-97774-2
- 1-280-14480-7
- 9786610144808
- 1-134-61618-X
- 9780203977743
- OCLC:
- 475947293
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