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" Beyond the hoax : "
Alan Sokal.
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624126
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Sokal, Alan D.,1955-
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Beyond the hoax : : science, philosophy, and culture /\ Alan Sokal.
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xxi, 465 pages ;; 26 cm
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9780199239207 (alk. paper)
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: 0199239207 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. The "Social text" affair. The parody, annotated -- Transgressing the boundaries: an afterword -- Truth, reason, objectivity, and the Left -- Science studies: less than meets the eye -- What the "Social text" affair does and does not prove -- pt. 2. Science and philosophy. Cognitive relativism in the philosophy of science -- Defense of a modest scientific realism -- pt. 3. Science and culture. Pseudoscience and postmodernism: antagonists or fellow-travelers? -- Religion, politics and survival -- Epilogue: epistemology and ethics.
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Science.
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Culture.
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Philosophy.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Evidence.
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Pseudoscience.
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Fraud in science.
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| Dewey Classification
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501
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100
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Q175S6395 2008
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2008 G-167
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Q 174.6S683b 2008
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