House Built on Sand - Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science

Zusatztext The chapters in the book are! in my mind! of high quality and well worth reading ... The book is a valuable contribution to something which eventually (hopefully) can be turned into a more fruitful and constructive dialogue between the lodgers in the two "houses". Noretta Koertge is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. A former chemist, she studied philosophy of science at the University of London and is the author of numerous articles on the methodology of both the natural and social sciences. She co-wrote (with Daphne Patai) Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies. Klappentext Cultural critics argue that the results of scientific inquiry is shaped by ideological and political agendas. This hard-hitting collection of essays offers crisp and detailed critiques of case studies as evidence that scientific investigation today tells us more about social context than about the natural world. This book raises a lively debate to a new level of seriousness. 17 linecuts. Zusammenfassung Offers detailed critiques of case studies presented by cultural critics as evidence that scientific results tell us more about social context than they do about the natural world. This work identifies numerous crude factual blunders (like that Newton never performed any experiments) and egregious errors of omission.

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• Authors: Koertge, Noretta Koertge, Noretta (Professor of the History and Phi Koertge
• Assisted by: Noretta Koertge (Editor), Noretta (Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science Koertge (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1998
• EAN: 9780195117257
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511725-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works