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After the Science Wars Keith Ashman

After the Science Wars By Keith Ashman

After the Science Wars by Keith Ashman

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A collection of essays by leading philosophers and scientists focusing on the debate in science between those who believe that science is above criticism and those who do not.

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After the Science Wars: Science and the Study of Science by Keith Ashman

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.

About Keith Ashman

Keith Ashman and Phillip Baringer are both at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas, USA.

Table of 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, Iindex

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NLS9780415212090
9780415212090
041521209X
After the Science Wars: Science and the Study of Science by Keith Ashman
Keith Ashman
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2000-12-07
240
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