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• catalog abstract ""Many at work in the field of cultural studies argue that "science is politics by other means," insisting that scientific inquiry is profoundly shaped by ideological concerns. They base their claims on historical case studies purporting to show the systematic intrusion of sexist, racist, capitalist, colonialist, and/or professional interests into the very content of science. Not long ago physicist Alan Sokal poked fun at these claims by foisting a sly parody on the unwitting editors of the cultural studies journal Social Text, touching off a remarkable torrent of editorials, articles, and heated classroom and Internet discussion." "A House Built on Sand picks up where Sokal left off. In a joint effort between scholars from the "two cultures" of science and the humanities, this volume offers devastating criticism of case studies intended to demonstrate that scientific results tell us more about social context than they do about the natural world." "The volume concludes by detailing the negative effects of cultural studies myths on education, science journalism, and public policy. Technology scholar Meera Nanda traces the reactionary impact of postcolonial theory on the politics of development in India. Noretta Koertge, a philosopher of science and the volume's editor, reveals how efforts to improve science literacy in the United States are being subverted by uncritical acceptance of postmodernist accounts of science."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b10617435.
• catalog created "1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
• catalog description ""Many at work in the field of cultural studies argue that "science is politics by other means," insisting that scientific inquiry is profoundly shaped by ideological concerns. They base their claims on historical case studies purporting to show the systematic intrusion of sexist, racist, capitalist, colonialist, and/or professional interests into the very content of science. Not long ago physicist Alan Sokal poked fun at these claims by foisting a sly parody on the unwitting editors of the cultural studies journal Social Text, touching off a remarkable torrent of editorials, articles, and heated classroom and Internet discussion." "A House Built on Sand picks up where Sokal left off. In a joint effort between scholars from the "two cultures" of science and the humanities, this volume offers devastating criticism of case studies intended to demonstrate that scientific results tell us more about social context than they do about the natural world." "The volume concludes by detailing the negative effects of cultural studies myths on education, science journalism, and public policy. Technology scholar Meera Nanda traces the reactionary impact of postcolonial theory on the politics of development in India. Noretta Koertge, a philosopher of science and the volume's editor, reveals how efforts to improve science literacy in the United States are being subverted by uncritical acceptance of postmodernist accounts of science."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "What the social text affair does and does not prove / Alan D. Sokal -- What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us / Paul A. Boghossian -- A plea for science studies / Philip Kitcher -- Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and tonypandy / Paul R. Gross -- An 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 -- Do mutants die of natural causes? the case of atomic parity violation / Allan Franklin -- Latour's relativity / John Huth -- In defense of Bacon / Alan Soble -- 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 -- Reflections on Bruno Latour's version of the seventeenth century / Margaret C. Jacob -- Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy / Noretta Koertge -- The end of Science, the central dogma of Science studies, Monsieur Jourdain, and Uncle Vanya / Norman Levitt -- The epistemic charity of the social constructivist critics of science and why the third world should refuse the offer / Meera Nanda.".
• catalog extent "xi, 322 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0195117255 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "1998.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog subject "501 21".
• catalog subject "Q172 .H68 1998".
• catalog subject "Research Philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Science Social aspects.".
• catalog subject "Science and state.".
• catalog subject "Science.".
• catalog tableOfContents "What the social text affair does and does not prove / Alan D. Sokal -- What the Sokal hoax ought to teach us / Paul A. Boghossian -- A plea for science studies / Philip Kitcher -- Bashful eggs, macho sperm, and tonypandy / Paul R. Gross -- An 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 -- Do mutants die of natural causes? the case of atomic parity violation / Allan Franklin -- Latour's relativity / John Huth -- In defense of Bacon / Alan Soble -- 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 -- Reflections on Bruno Latour's version of the seventeenth century / Margaret C. Jacob -- Postmodernisms and the problem of scientific literacy / Noretta Koertge -- The end of Science, the central dogma of Science studies, Monsieur Jourdain, and Uncle Vanya / Norman Levitt -- The epistemic charity of the social constructivist critics of science and why the third world should refuse the offer / Meera Nanda.".
• catalog title "A house built on sand : exposing postmodernist myths about science / edited by Noretta Koertge.".
• catalog type "text".