The Flight From Science And Reason
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The Flight From Science And Reason
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Author : Paul R. Gross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Flight From Science And Reason written by Paul R. Gross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion and science categories.
"Evidence of a flight from reason is as old as human record-keeping: the fact of it certainly goes back an even longer way. Flight from science specifically, among the forms of rational inquiry, goes back as far as science itself... But rejection of reason is now a pattern to be found in most branches of scholarship and in all the learned professions."--from the introduction In the widely acclaimed Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science, Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt offered a spirited response to the "science bashers," raising serious questions about the growing criticism of scientific practice from humanists and social scientists on the academic left. Now, in The Flight from Science and Reason, Gross and Levitt are joined by Martin W. Lewis to bring together a diverse and distinguished group of scholars, scientists, and experts to engage these questions from a wide variety of perspectives. 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. Distributed for the New York Academy of Sciences
The Flight From Reason
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Author : Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
The Flight From Reason written by Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Apologetics categories.
The Flight From Reason
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Author : Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
The Flight From Reason written by Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Philosophy, English categories.
The Flight From Reason
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Author : Arnold Lunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
The Flight From Reason written by Arnold Lunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Philosophy, English categories.
Beyond The Science Wars
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Author : Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstrale
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2000-08-03
Beyond The Science Wars written by Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstrale and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-03 with Science categories.
Contextualizes the "Science Wars" from interdisciplinary sociological, historical, scientific, political, and cultural perspectives.
The American Academic Profession
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Author : Stephen Richards Graubard
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date :
The American Academic Profession written by Stephen Richards Graubard and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Education categories.
"This book covers well the issues and problems of the U.S. academic profession in the second half of the twentieth century." -- Contemporary Science The tale of the American academic profession-that large company of men and women, unprecedented in its size and diversity-needs to be written. A large historical literature on America's colleges and universities exists, but much of it is unashamedly hagiographic. On the other hand, more critical works see American universities as being in dire need of massive reform. This charge is not sustained by the contributors to The American Academic Profession, who hope to shatter the code of silence that passes for discretion, by focusing on the forces that have conspired to create the American academic profession. Graubard includes contributions from important scholars around the world: "How the Academic Profession is Changing" by Arthur Levine; "Small Worlds, Different Worlds: The Uniqueness and Troubles of American Academic Professions" by Burton R. Clark; "The Elusive Academic Profession: Complexity and Change" by Francis Oakley; "Uncertainties in the Changing Academic Profession" by Walter E. Massey; "Stewards of Opportunity: America's Public Community Colleges" by Patrick M. Callan; "Public Universities as Academic Workplaces" by Patricia J. Gumport; "Survival of the Fittest? Postgraduate Education and the Professoriate at the Fin de Sicle" by R. M. Douglas; "Reflections on the Culture Wars" by Eugene Goodheart; "A Blow Is Like an Instrument" by Charles Bernstein; "The Science Wars and the Future of the American Academic Profession" by Jay A. Labinger; "The Scientist as Academic" by Cheryl B. Leggon; "The 'Place' of Knowledge in the American Academic Profession" by Sheldon Rothblatt; "Border Crossings: Organizational Boundaries and Challenges to the American Professoriate" by Theodore R. Mitchell; "The Development of Information Technology in American Higher Education" by Martin Trow; and "An International Academic Crisis? The American Professoriate in Comparative Perspective" by Philip G. Altbach. The American Academic Profession is not sanguine about what is currently happening in higher education, or what it imagines the future portends. It simply asks the question: Can a society truly understand its universities and colleges when it has moved too quickly from uncritical admiration to uniformed and ungenerous complaint? This volume intends to dispel some long-persistent myths in favor of objective truth. It is a must for anyone interested in academic problems, for those who work in higher education, and for everyone interested in American ideas, traditions, and social and intellectual history. Stephen R. Graubard is editor of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and its journal, Daedalus, and professor of history emeritus at Brown University.
Prometheus Bedeviled
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Author : Norman Levitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Prometheus Bedeviled written by Norman Levitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
A professor of mathematics offers an analysis of the roles science plays within American society, providing suggestions for a more effective interchange between scientists and key United States institutions.
End Of Knowing
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Author : Fred Newman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-04-10
End Of Knowing written by Fred Newman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-10 with Psychology categories.
First published in 1997. This volume discusses the notion of whether there is a limit to knowledge and 'One Way to Know', in addition to the suggestion that that we no longer need to know, and whether our continued employment of knowing (cognition, epistemology) is useful or useless and destructive of human life and development.
Science Technology And Governance
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Author : John De la Mothe
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001
Science Technology And Governance written by John De la Mothe and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Business & Economics categories.
This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.
The Will To Create
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Author : Astrida Orle Tantillo
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 2002-04-01
The Will To Create written by Astrida Orle Tantillo and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-01 with Philosophy categories.
Better known as a poet and dramatist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was also a learned philosopher and natural scientist. Astrida Orle Tantillo offers the first comprehensive analysis of his natural philosophy, which she contends is rooted in creativity. Tantillo analyzes Goethe's main scientific texts, including his work on physics, botany, comparative anatomy, and metereology. She critically examines his attempts to challenge the basic tenets of Newtonian and Cartesian science and to found a new natural philosophy. In individual chapters devoted to different key principles, she reveals how this natural philosophy—which questions rationalism, the quantitative approach to scientific inquiry, strict gender categories, and the possibility of scientific objectivity—illuminates Goethe's standing as both a precursor and critic of modernity. Tantillo does not presuppose prior knowledge of Goethe or science, and carefully avoids an overreliance on specialized jargon. This makes The Will to Create accessible to a wide audience, including philosophers, historians of science, and literary theorists, as well as general readers.