edited by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, and Martin W. Lewis.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Baltimore :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
1997.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xi, 593 pages :
ساير جزييات
illustrations ;
ابعاد
23 cm
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
"This volume represents the proceedings of a conference entitled: 'The Flight From Science and Reason, ' which was sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and held in New York, New York, on May 31-June 2, 1995"--Title page verso.
متن يادداشت
Originally published: New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 1996.
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
"The authors take on critics of science whose views range from moderate to extreme, from social constructivists to deconstructionists, from creationists and feminists to Afro-centrists. They discuss the rise of "alternative medicine" and radical environmentalism (here skewered as "ecosentimentalism"). They explain why the "uncertainty principle" does not work as a metaphor for ambiguity, and why "chaos theory" cannot be invoked without an understanding of mathematics. Throughout, they grapple with the paradox inherent in arguing with opponents who contend that reason itself, and thus logic, is suspect."--Jacket.