Scandalous knowledge : science, truth and the human / Barbara Herrnstein Smith.
Material type: TextSeries: Science and cultural theoryPublisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2006Description: viii, 198 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0822338106
- 9780822338109
- 0822338483
- 9780822338482
- 501 22
- Q175.32.C66 S65 2006
Contents:
1. Introduction : scandals of knowledge -- 2. Pre-post-modern relativism -- 3. Netting truth : Ludwik Fleck's constructivist genealogy -- 4. Cutting-edge equivocation : conceptual moves and rhetorical strategies in contemporary anti-epistemology -- 5. Disciplinary cultures and tribal warfare : the sciences and the humanities today -- 6. Super natural science : the claims of evolutionary psychology -- 7. Animal relatives, difficult relations.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 501 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A424436B |
Browsing North Campus shelves, Shelving location: North Campus Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
501 POL Personal knowledge : towards a post-critical philosophy / | 501 RAN Explanatory translation : beyond the Kuhnian model of conceptual change / | 501 RUS The scientific outlook / | 501 SMI Scandalous knowledge : science, truth and the human / | 502.8 ART The art of science / | 502.8 ART The art of science / | 502.8 ART The art of science / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-185) and index.
1. Introduction : scandals of knowledge -- 2. Pre-post-modern relativism -- 3. Netting truth : Ludwik Fleck's constructivist genealogy -- 4. Cutting-edge equivocation : conceptual moves and rhetorical strategies in contemporary anti-epistemology -- 5. Disciplinary cultures and tribal warfare : the sciences and the humanities today -- 6. Super natural science : the claims of evolutionary psychology -- 7. Animal relatives, difficult relations.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
There are no comments on this title.
Log in to your account to post a comment.