Beyond The Hoax: Science Philosophy And Culture Alan Sokal Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία General

In 1996 Alan Sokal A Professor Of Physics At New York University Wrote Paper For The Cultural-Studies Journal Social Text Entitled \ Transgressing Boundaries: Towards Transformative Hermeneutics Quantum Gravity\ It Was Reviewed Accepted And Published Immediately Confessed That Whole Article Hoax - Cunningly Worded Designed To Expose Parody Style Extreme Postmodernist Criticism Science Story Became Front-Page News Around World Triggered Fierce Wide-Ranging Controversy Is One Most Powerful Voices Continuing Debate About Status Evidence-Based Knowledge Beyond He Turns His Attention Set Targets Pseudo-Science Religion Misinformation Public Life Whether My Are Postmodernists Left Fundamentalists Right Or Muddle-Headed All Political Apolitical Stripes Bottom Line Clear Thinking Combined With Respect Evidence Utmost Importance Survival Human Race Twenty-First Century Book Also Includes Hugely Illuminating Annotated Itself Reflection On Furore Provoked Σελίδες: 488 Διαστάσεις: 17 1X17 1Cm