| | After the Science Wars... presents a range of views... minus technical jargon. Contributers... write as if they were not preaching to the converted but to persons willing to hear and engage with the issues in contention... Stolzenberg's essay... shows how anger and passion have corrupted otherwise serious debates, and it demonstrates that there is far less separating the romanticist and rationalists than scientists may have thought... After the Science Wars offers balanced, thoughtful, and illuminating insights into this cultural debate Tom Bowden, Tech Directions The "War" this work speaks of is between scientists who believe that science and its methods are objective and largely above criticism versus an increasing number of social scientists, historians, philosophers and others in Science Studies who have previously questioned science and its status within our culture. This is an exciting new collection that seeks to move the debate from its recent stasis to a better relationship. The book begins with contributions from Sokal explaining his motivation for the Sokal Affair and his conclusions from it. Following this discussion, is a collection of original essays attempting to bridge the wide interdisciplinary gulfs that have arisen from this issue.
|
