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

• Scrutinising Science Studies. 1998

• Alan D. Sokal. What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove. 1998

• Paul A. Boghossian. What the Sokal Hoax Ought to Teach Us. 1998

• Philip Kitcher. A Plea for Science Studies. 1998

• Paul R. Gross. Bashful Eggs, Macho Sperm, and Tonypandy. 1998

• Philip A. Sullivan. An Engineer Dissects Two Case Studies: Hayles on Fluid Mechanics, and MacKenzie on Statistics. 1998

• Paul R. Gross. Evidence-Free Forensics and Enemies of Objectivity. 1998

• Michael Ruse. Is Darwinism Sexist? (And if It Is, So What?). 1998

• William J. McKinney. When Experiments Fail: Is "Cold Fusion" Science as Normal?. 1998

• Allan Franklin. Avoiding the Experimenters' Regress. 1998

• Allan Franklin. Do Mutants Die of Natural Causes? The Case of Atomic Parity Violation. 1998

• John Huth. Latour's Relativity. 1998

• Alan Soble. In Defense of Bacon. 1998

• William R. Newman. Alchemy, Domination, and Gender. 1998

• Cassandra L. Pinnick. What's Wrong with the Strong Programme's Case Study of the "Hobbes-Boyle" Dispute?. 1998

• Margaret C. Jacob. Reflections on Bruno Latour's Version of the Seventeenth Century. 1998

• Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy. 1998

• Norman Levitt. The End of Science, the Central Dogma of Science Studies, Monsieur Jourdain, and Uncle Vanya. 1998

• Meera Nanda. The Epistemic Charity of the Social Constructivist Critics of Science and Why the Third World Should Refuse the Offer. 1998