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- catalog abstract ""At stake in the "Science Wars" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a "social construct," that it does not discover facts about the world, but rather constructs artifacts disguised as objective truths. For constructivists, "nature" and "reality" are simply what scientists agree to regard as natural or real, and the methods and standards of science are mere "rules of the game" adopted to serve political and social agendas. This view threatens the authority of science and rejects science's claims to objectivity, rationality, and disinterested inquiry. Drawing Out Leviathan examines this argument in the light of some major debates about dinosaurs: the case of the wrong-headed dinosaur, the dinosaur "heresies" of the 1970s, and the debate over the catastrophic extinction of dinosaurs."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12165753.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""At stake in the "Science Wars" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a "social construct," that it does not discover facts about the world, but rather constructs artifacts disguised as objective truths. For constructivists, "nature" and "reality" are simply what scientists agree to regard as natural or real, and the methods and standards of science are mere "rules of the game" adopted to serve political and social agendas. This view threatens the authority of science and rejects science's claims to objectivity, rationality, and disinterested inquiry.".
- catalog description "Drawing Out Leviathan examines this argument in the light of some major debates about dinosaurs: the case of the wrong-headed dinosaur, the dinosaur "heresies" of the 1970s, and the debate over the catastrophic extinction of dinosaurs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index.".
- catalog description "Machine generated contents note: 1. Mr. Carnegie's Sauropods 1 -- 2. The Heresies of Dr. Bakker 22 -- 3. The "Conversion" of David Raup 48 -- 4. Are Dinosaurs Social Constructs? 80 -- 5. Le Dinosaure Postmoderne 0o6 -- 6. History, Whiggery, and Progress 126 -- 7. Beyond the Science Wars 150 -- Notes I77 -- References I95 -- Index 207.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 210 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0253339375 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Life of the past".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog subject "567.9 21".
- catalog subject "Dinosaurs.".
- catalog subject "QE861.4 .P37 2001".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Science Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: 1. Mr. Carnegie's Sauropods 1 -- 2. The Heresies of Dr. Bakker 22 -- 3. The "Conversion" of David Raup 48 -- 4. Are Dinosaurs Social Constructs? 80 -- 5. Le Dinosaure Postmoderne 0o6 -- 6. History, Whiggery, and Progress 126 -- 7. Beyond the Science Wars 150 -- Notes I77 -- References I95 -- Index 207.".
- catalog title "Drawing out Leviathan : dinosaurs and the science wars / Keith M. Parsons.".
- catalog type "text".