Critiques of knowing : situated textualities in science, computing, and the arts / Lynette Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Lynette.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of what happens to science and computing when we think of them as texts. Lynette Hunter weaves together such vast areas of thought as: rhetoric, politics, AI, computing, feminism, science studies, aesthetics and epistemology.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The ethos of the nation state: ideology, discourse and standpoint; Rhetoric and artificial intelligence: computing applications in the sciences and humanities; AI and representation: a study of a rhetorical context for intellectual legitimacy; The socialising of context: methodologies for hypertext; Feminist critiques of science: from standpoint to rhetorical stance; A feminist critique of the rhetorical stance of contemporary aesthetics: alternative standpoints; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-238) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73853-6

9786610333820

1-280-33382-0

1-134-73854-4

0-203-26088-0

0-203-01222-4

9780203012222

OCLC:

70733824