PhilosophySociology

T. Hussey

2008.10.1Nursing Philosophy

DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769x.2008.00367.x

tlooto Summary

This 2008 article explores the intersection of science, philosophy, and culture, arguing that pseudoscience and postmodernism are not mutually exclusive with scientific inquiry.

Abstract

PART I: THE SOCIAL TEXT AFFAIR 1. Transgressing the boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity [annotated version] 2. Transgressing the boundaries: An afterword 3. Truth, reason, objectivity, and the Left 4. Science studies: Less than meets the eye 5. What the Social Text affair does and does not prove PART II: SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 6. Cognitive relativism in the philosophy of science 7. Defense of a modest scientific realism PART III: SCIENCE AND CULTURE 8. Pseudoscience and postmodernism: Antagonists or fellow-travelers? 9. Religion, politics and survival 10. Epilogue: Epistemology and ethics Index

Citation format

HUSSEY, T. Beyond the hoax: Science, philosophy and culture. Nursing Philosophy, 2008, 9: 285–287.