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The Flight from Science and Reason; Volume 775 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences – The New York Academy of Sciences (conversion to pdf failed) by Gross P.R., Levitt N., Lewis M.W., (Eds.), (1996) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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.--book Jacket. Introductory Remarks : Medicine Took An Earlier Flight / Henry Greenberg -- Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads / Dudley R. Herschbach -- Conduct And Misconduct In Science / David Goodstein -- Mathematics As The Stepchild Of Contemporary Culture / Norman Levitt -- Concern For Truth : What It Means, Why It Matters / Susan Haack -- The Propensity To Believe / James E. Alcock -- Flights Of Fancy : Science, Reason, And Common Sense / Barry R. Gross -- Feelings And Beliefs / Loren Fishman -- In Praise Of Intolerance To Charlatanism In Academia / Mario Bunge -- Quantum Philosophy : The
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- Author
- Gross P.R., Levitt N., Lewis M.W., (Eds.), (1996)
- Publisher
- New York Academy of Sciences ; Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801856761
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Stem
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