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Title:

The one culture? : a conversation about science / edited by Jay A. Labinger and Harry Collins.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xi, 329 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science--Social aspects.
Science and state.
Science--Philosophy.
Sciences--Aspect social.
Politique scientifique et technique.
Sciences--Philosophie.

Other Authors:

Labinger, Jay A.
Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

Contents:

Crown jewels and rough diamonds: the source of science's authority / Harry Collins Science and sociology of science: beyond war and peace / Jean Bricmont, Alan Sokal -- Is a science peace process necessary? / Michael Lynch -- Caught in the crossfire? The public's role in the science wars / Jane Gregory, Steve Miller -- Life inside a case study / Peter R. Saulson -- Conversing seriously with sociologists / N. David Mermin -- How to be antiscientific / Steven Shapin -- Physics and history / Steven Weinberg / Science studies as epistemography / Peter Dear -- From social construction to questions for research: the promise of the sociology of science / Kenneth G. Wilson, Constance K. Barsky -- A Martian sends a postcard home / Harry Collins -- Awakening a sleeping giant? / Jay A. Labinger -- Remarks on methodological relativism and "antiscience' / Jean Bricmont, Alan Sokat -- One more round with relativism / Harry Collins -- Overdetermination and contingency / Peter Dear -- Reclaiming responsibility / Jane Gregory -- Split personalities, or the science wars within / Jay A. Labinger -- Situated knowledge and common enemies: therapy for the science wars / Michael Lynch -- Real essences and human experience / N. David Mermin -- It's a conversation! / Trevor Pinch -- Confessions of a believer / Peter R. Saulson -- Barbarians at which gates? / Steven Shapin -- Peace at last? / Steven Weinberg -- Reply to our critics / Jean Bricmont, Alan Sokal -- Crown jewels and rough diamonds: the source of science's authority / Harry Collins
Beyond social construction / Constance K. Barsky. Let's not get too agreeable / Jay A. Labinger -- Causality, grammar, and working philosophies: some final comments / Michael Lynch -- Readings and misreadings / N. David Mermin -- Peace for whom and on whose terms? / Trevor Pinch -- Pilgrims' progress / Peter R. Saulson -- Historiographical uses of scientific knowledge / Steven Weinberg -- Beyond social construction / Kenneth G. Wilson, Constance K. Barsky.

ISBN:

9780226467221 (cloth)
0226467228 (cloth)
9780226467238 (paper)
0226467236 (paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45629846

LCCN:

00013097

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)