Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture (Sokal Alan)(Paperback)

Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture (Sokal Alan)(Paperback)

Famed for his 1996 hoax that parodied the extreme postmodernist criticism of science, Alan Sokal here exposes many other examples of charlatanism, deflating the postmodernists of the left, the fundamentalists of the right, and the muddle-headed of all political and apolitical stripes. Sokal does

Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (Sokal Alan)(Paperback)

In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine Social Text parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists. Here, Sokal teams up with Jean Bricmont to expose the abuse of scientific concepts in the writings of today's most fashionable postmodern

Science Tales - Lies, Hoaxes and Scams (Cunningham Darryl)(Paperback / softback)

A graphic milestone of investigative reporting, Cunningham's essays explode the lies, hoaxes and scams of popular science, debunking media myths and decoding some of today's most fiercely-debated

Philosophy of Science: The Link Between Science and Philosophy (Frank Philipp)(Paperback)

A distinguished mathematician traces the history of science, illustrating philosophy's ongoing role, explaining technology's erosion of the rapport between the two fields, and offering suggestions for their reunion. 1962

What is This Thing Called Science? (Chalmers Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of a classic text in the philosophy of science illuminating the major developments in the

Marxism and the Philosophy of Science - A Critical History (Sheehan Helena)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel's

Thinking Nature: An Essay in Negative Ecology (McGrath Sean J.)(Paperback)

Moving between ancient and modern sources, philosophy and theology, and science and popular culture, Sean McGrath offers a genuinely new reflection on what it means to be human in an era of climate change, mass extinction and geoengineering. Engaging with contemporary thinkers in eco-criticism,

New Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science (Little Daniel)(Paperback)

Philosophy matters for the social sciences. Our world faces ever more complex and hazardous problems and, social science ontology and methods need to be adequate to the changing nature of the social realm. Imagination and new ways of thinking are crucial to the social sciences. Based on Daniel

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil considers the origins and nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmatism and beginning of perspectivism; the questionable virtues of science and scholarship; liberal democracy, nationalism, and women's emancipation. A

Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences: Action, Ideology and Justice (Vinten Robert)(Paperback)

Vinten looks at the relationship between Wittgenstein's philosophy and the social sciences as well as at the ideological implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy and applications of Wittgenstein's philosophy to problems in social science. He examines and assesses the work of thinkers like Richard

Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (Wright Robert)(Paperback)

Beyond Nature and Culture (Descola Philippe)(Paperback)

Philippe Descola has become one of the most important anthropologists working today, and Beyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its French publication in 2005. Here, finally, it is brought to English-language readers. At its heart is a question

The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science (Bakar Osman)(Paperback)

The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics in the history and philosophy of Islamic science. The main aim is to reveal the different dimensions of the link that exists between spiritual and scientific

Complete Beyond the Fringe (Bennett Alan)(Paperback / softback)

Why Buddhism Is True - The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment (Wright Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The New Mechanical Philosophy (Glennan Stuart)(Paperback)

The New Mechanical Philosophy argues for a new image of nature and of science--one that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, and that casts the work of science as an effort to discover and understand those mechanisms. Drawing on an expanding literature on

Culture and Ptsd: Trauma in Global and Historical Perspective (Hinton Devon E.)(Paperback)

Culture and PTSD examines the applicability of PTSD to cultural contexts beyond Europe and North America and details local responses to trauma and how they vary from PTSD as defined by the American Psychiatric

Essential Primary Science (Cross Alan)(Paperback / softback)

The book is an essential textbook for primary science modules and provides teachers, trainers and tutors with a practical and accessible introduction to the fundamental aspects of teaching and learning primary

The Akashic Experience: Science and the Cosmic Memory Field (Laszlo Ervin)(Paperback)

Firsthand testimonies by 20 leaders in culture and science of their interactions with the Akashic field - Provides important evidence for the authenticity of nonmaterial contact that human beings have with each other and with the cosmos - Demonstrates that the increasing frequency and intensity of

The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture (Quashie Kevin)(Paperback)

African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a person's desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for

Nihilism and Technology (Gertz Nolen)(Paperback)

Heidegger, Marcuse, and Ellul warned against the rise of a technological mass culture. Philosophy of technology has since turned away from such dystopic views, promoting instead the view that we shape technologies just as technologies shape us. Yet the rise of Big Data has exceeded our worst fears

Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction (Rosenberg Alex)(Paperback)

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods and justification of science will value Alex Rosenberg's updated and substantially revised Third Edition of Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction. Weaving together lucid explanations and clear analyses, the volume

Business Development Culture: Taking Sales Culture Beyond the Sales Team (Moyle Alex)(Paperback)

Adopt a sales-orientated approach to your business and facilitate the same attitude throughout your company's culture, by ensuring the objective of generating business profit is embraced by the entire organization - not just the sales team - to achieve long term growth. Business Development

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind (Laland Kevin N.)(Paperback)

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind-and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture-evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new