author : Noretta Koertge

The parts are: The Strange World of Postmodernist Science Studies; Myths, Metaphors, and Misreadings; Interests, Ideology, and the Construction of Experiments; Art, Nature, and the Rise of Experimental Method; Civilian Casualties of Postmodern Perspectives on Science.

Contents

• Noretta Koertge.

Scrutinising Science Studies

• Alan D. Sokal.

What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove

• Paul A. Boghossian.

What the Sokal Hoax Ought to Teach Us

• Philip Kitcher.

A Plea for Science Studies

• Paul R. Gross.

Bashful Eggs, Macho Sperm, and Tonypandy

• Philip A. Sullivan.

An Engineer Dissects Two Case Studies: Hayles on Fluid Mechanics, and MacKenzie on Statistics

• Paul R. Gross.

Evidence-Free Forensics and Enemies of Objectivity

• Michael Ruse.

Is Darwinism Sexist? (And if It Is, So What?)

• William J. McKinney.

When Experiments Fail: Is "Cold Fusion" Science as Normal?

• Allan Franklin.

Avoiding the Experimenters' Regress

• Allan Franklin.

Do Mutants Die of Natural Causes? The Case of Atomic Parity Violation

• John Huth.

Latour's Relativity

• Alan Soble.

In Defense of Bacon

• William R. Newman.

Alchemy, Domination, and Gender

• Cassandra L. Pinnick.

What's Wrong with the Strong Programme's Case Study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" Dispute?

• Margaret C. Jacob.

Reflections on Bruno Latour's Version of the Seventeenth Century

• Noretta Koertge.

Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy

• Norman Levitt.

The End of Science, the Central Dogma of Science Studies, Monsieur Jourdain, and Uncle Vanya

• Meera Nanda.

The Epistemic Charity of the Social Constructivist Critics of Science and Why the Third World Should Refuse the Offer