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Author Sokal, Alan D., 1955-

Title Fashionable nonsense : postmodern intellectuals' abuse of science / Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont.

Publication Info. New York : Picador USA, [1998]
©1998

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  501 S683I    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 300 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-295) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Jacques Lacan -- Julia Kristeva -- Intermezzo: epistemic relativism in the philosophy of science -- Luce Irigaray -- Bruno Latour -- Intermezzo: chaos theory and "postmodern science" -- Jean Baudrillard -- Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari -- Paul Virilio -- Gödel's theorem and set theory: some examples of abuse -- Epilogue. A. Trangressing the boundaries: toward a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity. B. Some comments on the parody. C. Transgressing the boundaries: an afterword.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Added Author Bricmont, J. (Jean)
Added Title Impostures intellectuelles. English
ISBN 0312195451
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