wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Scientific Values and Civic Virtues
ISBN: 9780195172249 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume of contributed essays, a follow-up to Noretta Koertge's successful book on the science wars, A House Built on Sand, takes an affirming, positive view of the relationship between the values embodied in science, and the nature of a civil society. It argues that recent attacks on the probity of science undermine the possibility of rational discourse in the political arena. While science has traditionally been viewed as incorporating intellectual virtues like honesty and precision of language, the contributors to this volume point to additional benefits, examining the...
This volume of contributed essays, a follow-up to Noretta Koertge's successful book on the science wars, A House Built on Sand, takes an affi...
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170,28 zł |
Philosophy And Homosexuality
ISBN: 9780918393128 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For a balanced discussion of the main social, medical, and philosophical aspects of homosexuality, here is the ideal book. Written by philosophers of science, each comprehensive chapter takes a critical look at research on the etiology of homosexuality. Read Philosophy and Homosexuality and examine the evidence for both the sociobiological and hormonal explanations of homosexuality and study the definitions of sexual orientation and how they have affected research.
For a balanced discussion of the main social, medical, and philosophical aspects of homosexuality, here is the ideal book. Written by philosophers of ...
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262,29 zł |
A House Built on Sand
ISBN: 9780195117257 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideological agendas of powerful elites. They base their claims on historical case studies purporting to show the systematic intrusion of sexist, racist, capitalist, colonialist and/or professional interests into the very content of science. Physicist Alan Sokal recently poked fun at these claims by foisting a sly parody of the genre on the unwitting editors of the cultural studies journal Social Text touching off a still unabated torrent of...
Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideologica...
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453,66 zł |
A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths about Science
ISBN: 9780195117264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideological agendas of powerful elites. They base their claims on historical case studies purporting to show the systematic intrusion of sexist, racist, capitalist, colonialist, and/or professional interests into the very content of science. In this hard-hitting collection of essays, contributors offer crisp and detailed critiques of case studies offered by the cultural critics as evidence that scientific results tell us more about social context than...
Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideologica...
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264,78 zł |
Scientific Values and Civic Virtues
ISBN: 9780195172256 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume of contributed essays, a follow-up to Noretta Koertge's successful book on the science wars, A House Built on Sand, takes an affirming, positive view of the relationship between the values embodied in science, and the nature of a civil society. It argues that recent attacks on the probity of science undermine the possibility of rational discourse in the political arena. While science has traditionally been viewed as incorporating intellectual virtues like honesty and precision of language, the contributors to this volume point to additional benefits, examining the...
This volume of contributed essays, a follow-up to Noretta Koertge's successful book on the science wars, A House Built on Sand, takes an affi...
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264,78 zł |
Philosophy and Homosexuality
ISBN: 9780866561488 / Angielski / Twarda / 1982 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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760,80 zł |