A house built on sand [[electronic resource] ] : exposing postmodernist myths about science / / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Science
Science - Social aspects Science and state Research - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-511726-3
0-19-978599-6 1-280-52962-8 9786610529629 0-19-802776-1 1-60256-238-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Scrutinizing science studies / Noretta Koertge -- What the social text affair does and does not prove / Alan D. Sokal -- What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us / Paul A. Boghossian -- Plea for science studies / Philip Kitcher -- Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and Tonypandy / Paul R. Gross -- Engineer dissects two case studies: Hayles on fluid mechanics, and MacKenzie on statistics / Philip A. Sullivan -- Evidence-free forensics and enemies of objectivity / Paul R. Gross -- Is Darwinism sexist? (And if it is, so what?) / Michael Ruse -- When experiments fail: is "cold fusion" science as normal? / William J. McKinney -- Avoiding the experimenters' regress / Allan Franklin -- Latour's relativity / John Huth -- In defense of Bacon -- Alchemy, domination, and gender / William R. Newman -- What's wrong with the strong programme's case study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" dispute / Cassandra L. Pinnick -- Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy / Noretta Koertge -- End of science, the central dogma of science studies, Monsieur Jordain, and Uncle Vanya / Norman Levitt -- Epistemic charity of the social constructivist critics of science and why the third world should refuse the offer / Meera Nanda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455733003321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A house built on sand [[electronic resource] ] : exposing postmodernist myths about science / / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 322 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Science
Science - Social aspects Science and state Research - Philosophy |
ISBN |
9780198027768
0198027761 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Scrutinizing science studies / Noretta Koertge -- What the social text affair does and does not prove / Alan D. Sokal -- What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us / Paul A. Boghossian -- Plea for science studies / Philip Kitcher -- Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and Tonypandy / Paul R. Gross -- Engineer dissects two case studies: Hayles on fluid mechanics, and MacKenzie on statistics / Philip A. Sullivan -- Evidence-free forensics and enemies of objectivity / Paul R. Gross -- Is Darwinism sexist? (And if it is, so what?) / Michael Ruse -- When experiments fail: is "cold fusion" science as normal? / William J. McKinney -- Avoiding the experimenters' regress / Allan Franklin -- Latour's relativity / John Huth -- In defense of Bacon -- Alchemy, domination, and gender / William R. Newman -- What's wrong with the strong programme's case study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" dispute / Cassandra L. Pinnick -- Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy / Noretta Koertge -- End of science, the central dogma of science studies, Monsieur Jordain, and Uncle Vanya / Norman Levitt -- Epistemic charity of the social constructivist critics of science and why the third world should refuse the offer / Meera Nanda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795728403321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A house built on sand [[electronic resource] ] : exposing postmodernist myths about science / / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 322 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Science
Science - Social aspects Science and state Research - Philosophy |
ISBN |
9780198027768
0198027761 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Scrutinizing science studies / Noretta Koertge -- What the social text affair does and does not prove / Alan D. Sokal -- What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us / Paul A. Boghossian -- Plea for science studies / Philip Kitcher -- Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and Tonypandy / Paul R. Gross -- Engineer dissects two case studies: Hayles on fluid mechanics, and MacKenzie on statistics / Philip A. Sullivan -- Evidence-free forensics and enemies of objectivity / Paul R. Gross -- Is Darwinism sexist? (And if it is, so what?) / Michael Ruse -- When experiments fail: is "cold fusion" science as normal? / William J. McKinney -- Avoiding the experimenters' regress / Allan Franklin -- Latour's relativity / John Huth -- In defense of Bacon -- Alchemy, domination, and gender / William R. Newman -- What's wrong with the strong programme's case study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" dispute / Cassandra L. Pinnick -- Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy / Noretta Koertge -- End of science, the central dogma of science studies, Monsieur Jordain, and Uncle Vanya / Norman Levitt -- Epistemic charity of the social constructivist critics of science and why the third world should refuse the offer / Meera Nanda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814182503321 |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientific values and civic virtues [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Political science
Civil society Democracy Science - Political aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-19696-7
9786611196967 0-19-803846-1 1-4237-3405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""What Science Can Offer Contemporary Democracy ""; ""Part I: The Nexus between Scientific Values and Civic Virtues""; ""1 A Bouquet of Scientific Values""; ""2 Public Reason and Democracy: The Place of Science in Maintaining Civic Friendship""; ""3 Reason and Authority in the Middle Ages: The Latin West and Islam""; ""4 Civic Virtue and Science in Prerevolutionary Europe""; ""5 Virtues and the Scientific Revolution""; ""Part II: Values Revealed in the Work of Scientists""; ""6 Candor and Integrity in Science""
""7 Evolutionary Biology and the Question of Trust""""8 The Rise and Fall of Emil Konopinskiâ€?s Theory of β Decay""; ""9 The Evolutionary Ethics of Alfred C. Kinsey""; ""Part III: Sites of Struggle: Downgrading Science While Weakening Democracy""; ""10 Defending the Radical Center""; ""11 Are Postmodernist Universities and Scholarship Undermining Modern Democracy?""; ""12 The Wedge of Intelligent Design: Retrograde Science, Schooling, and Society""; ""13 When Science Teaching Becomes a Subversive Activity""; ""14 Postmodernism, Hindu Nationalism, and â€?â€?Vedic Scienceâ€?â€?""; ""Index"" ""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450000203321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientific values and civic virtues [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Political science
Civil society Democracy Science - Political aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-19696-7
9786611196967 0-19-803846-1 1-4237-3405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""What Science Can Offer Contemporary Democracy ""; ""Part I: The Nexus between Scientific Values and Civic Virtues""; ""1 A Bouquet of Scientific Values""; ""2 Public Reason and Democracy: The Place of Science in Maintaining Civic Friendship""; ""3 Reason and Authority in the Middle Ages: The Latin West and Islam""; ""4 Civic Virtue and Science in Prerevolutionary Europe""; ""5 Virtues and the Scientific Revolution""; ""Part II: Values Revealed in the Work of Scientists""; ""6 Candor and Integrity in Science""
""7 Evolutionary Biology and the Question of Trust""""8 The Rise and Fall of Emil Konopinskiâ€?s Theory of β Decay""; ""9 The Evolutionary Ethics of Alfred C. Kinsey""; ""Part III: Sites of Struggle: Downgrading Science While Weakening Democracy""; ""10 Defending the Radical Center""; ""11 Are Postmodernist Universities and Scholarship Undermining Modern Democracy?""; ""12 The Wedge of Intelligent Design: Retrograde Science, Schooling, and Society""; ""13 When Science Teaching Becomes a Subversive Activity""; ""14 Postmodernism, Hindu Nationalism, and â€?â€?Vedic Scienceâ€?â€?""; ""Index"" ""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783396203321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scientific values and civic virtues [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Noretta Koertge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 300 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KoertgeNoretta |
Soggetto topico |
Political science
Civil society Democracy Science - Political aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-19696-7
9786611196967 0-19-803846-1 1-4237-3405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""What Science Can Offer Contemporary Democracy ""; ""Part I: The Nexus between Scientific Values and Civic Virtues""; ""1 A Bouquet of Scientific Values""; ""2 Public Reason and Democracy: The Place of Science in Maintaining Civic Friendship""; ""3 Reason and Authority in the Middle Ages: The Latin West and Islam""; ""4 Civic Virtue and Science in Prerevolutionary Europe""; ""5 Virtues and the Scientific Revolution""; ""Part II: Values Revealed in the Work of Scientists""; ""6 Candor and Integrity in Science""
""7 Evolutionary Biology and the Question of Trust""""8 The Rise and Fall of Emil Konopinskiâ€?s Theory of β Decay""; ""9 The Evolutionary Ethics of Alfred C. Kinsey""; ""Part III: Sites of Struggle: Downgrading Science While Weakening Democracy""; ""10 Defending the Radical Center""; ""11 Are Postmodernist Universities and Scholarship Undermining Modern Democracy?""; ""12 The Wedge of Intelligent Design: Retrograde Science, Schooling, and Society""; ""13 When Science Teaching Becomes a Subversive Activity""; ""14 Postmodernism, Hindu Nationalism, and â€?â€?Vedic Scienceâ€?â€?""; ""Index"" ""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809404503321 |
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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