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Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture
Author(s) -
Hussey Trevor
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nursing philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.367
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1466-769X
pISSN - 1466-7681
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-769x.2008.00367.x
Subject(s) - hoax , citation , sociology , media studies , library science , medicine , computer science , alternative medicine , pathology
PART I: THE SOCIAL TEXT AFFAIR 1. Transgressing the boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity [annotated version] 2. Transgressing the boundaries: An afterword 3. Truth, reason, objectivity, and the Left 4. Science studies: Less than meets the eye 5. What the Social Text affair does and does not prove PART II: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 6. Cognitive relativism in the philosophy of science 7. Defense of a modest scientific realism PART III: SCIENCE AND CULTURE 8. Pseudoscience and postmodernism: Antagonists or fellow-travelers? 9. Religion, politics and survival 10. Epilogue: Epistemology and ethics Index