Beyond the hoax science, philosophy and culture

Indeed, Sokal shows that academic leftists have unwittingly abetted right wing ideologies by wrapping themselves in a relativistic fog where any belief is as valid as any other because all claims to truth must be regarded as equally suspect. Sokal's goal, throughout the book, is to expose the d...

Fuld beskrivelse

Đã lưu trong:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Sokal, Alan
Andre forfattere: Alan Sokal
Sprog:Undetermined
English
Udgivet: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2008
Fag:
Tags: Tilføj Tag
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!
Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
LEADER 01223nam a2200277Ia 4500
001 TVU_11381
008 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 |a 0199239207 
020 |a 9780199239207 
041 |a eng 
082 |a 501 
082 |b A319 
100 |a Sokal, Alan 
245 0 |a Beyond the hoax 
245 0 |b science, philosophy and culture 
245 0 |c Alan Sokal 
260 |a Oxford,New York 
260 |b Oxford University Press 
260 |c 2008 
300 |a xxi, 465 p. 
300 |c 26 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
520 |a Indeed, Sokal shows that academic leftists have unwittingly abetted right wing ideologies by wrapping themselves in a relativistic fog where any belief is as valid as any other because all claims to truth must be regarded as equally suspect. Sokal's goal, throughout the book, is to expose the dangers in such thinking and to defend a scientific worldview based on respect for evidence, logic, and reasoned argument over wishful thinking, superstition, and demagoguery of any kind 
650 |a Science; Evidence; Pseudoscience; Fraud in science 
700 |a Alan Sokal 
980 |a Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh