Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the WarsWhat if something as seemingly academic as the so-called science wars were to determine how we live? |
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... realism . In each case the view is this : there is a way things are - about pain and en- dorphins , about blood and oxygen - and current , Western science cor- rectly describes them . There is not a hint of relativism about this ...
... realist camp and quite in harmony with scientific orthodoxy . It is also , I suspect , a reasonable reflection of the educated public's view of science , as well as a view with which most working scientists can happily live . As I ...
... realism . ( A more detailed discussion will be found in Chapter 4. ) Common sense is sometimes misleading , however , and in this case , say the so - called social construc- tivists whom Sokal is parodying , it is profoundly wrong . But ...
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Contents
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THE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE | 29 |
HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE | 49 |
THE NIHILIST WING OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM | 75 |
THREE KEY TERMS | 96 |
THE NATURALIST WING OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM | 115 |
THE ROLE OF REASON | 144 |
THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF SCIENCE | 169 |
SCIENCE WITH A SOCIAL AGENDA | 189 |
AFTERWORD | 207 |
NOTES | 215 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 219 |
INDEX | 231 |