A house built on sand : exposing postmodernist myths about science /

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Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideological agendas of powerful elites.

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Exposing postmodernist myths about science
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What the social text affair does and does not prove /
What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us /
Plea for science studies /
Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and Tonypandy /
Engineer dissects two case studies: Hayles on fluid mechanics, and MacKenzie on statistics /
Evidence-free forensics and enemies of objectivity /
Is Darwinism sexist? (And if it is, so what?) /
When experiments fail: is "cold fusion" science as normal? /
Avoiding the experimenters' regress /
Latour's relativity /
In defense of Bacon --
Alchemy, domination, and gender /
What's wrong with the strong programme's case study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" dispute /
Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy /
End of science, the central dogma of science studies, Monsieur Jordain, and Uncle Vanya /
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1. Verfasser:
Koertge, Noretta.
Weitere Verfasser:
Koertge, Noretta
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideological agendas of powerful elites.
Umfang:
xi, 322 p. : ill.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780198027768
0198027761
0-19-978599-6
0-19-511726-3
9786610529629
0-19-511725-5
1-60256-238-5
1-280-52962-8
0-19-802776-1
Schlagworte:
Science.
Science > Social aspects.
Science and state.
Research > Philosophy.
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