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_beng
_cDLC
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041 0 _aeng
050 0 0 _aQ175
_b.F58 1996
082 0 0 _a500
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_bGRF
100 0 1 _aGross, Paul R.
245 0 4 _aThe Flight from science and reason /
_cPaul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, and Martin W. Lewis.
260 _aNew York N.Y. :
_bNew York Academy of Sciences,
_c1996.
300 _axi, 593 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAnnals of the New York Academy of sciences,
_vv. 775
500 _a"This volume represents the proceedings of a conference entitled: 'The Flight From Science and Reason, ' which was sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and held in New York, New York, on May 31-June 2, 1995"--Title page verso
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes
505 0 0 _gIntroductory remarks : medicine took an earlier flight /
_rHenry Greenberg --
_tImaginary gardens with real toads /
_rDudley R. Herschbach --
_tConduct and misconduct in science /
_rDavid Goodstein --
_tMathematics as the stepchild of contemporary culture /
_rNorman Levitt --
_tConcern for truth : what it means, why it matters /
_rSusan Haack --
_tThe propensity to believe /
_rJames E. Alcock --
_tFlights of fancy : science, reason, and common sense /
_rBarry R. Gross --
_tFeelings and beliefs /
_rLoren Fishman --
_tIn praise of intolerance to charlatanism in academia /
_rMario Bunge --
_tQuantum philosophy : the flight from reason in science /
_rSheldon Goldstein --
_tPhysics and common nonsense /
_rDaniel Kleppner --
_tScience of chaos or chaos in science? /
_rJ. Bricmont --
_t"Sucking with vampires" : the medicine of unreason /
_rGerald Weissmann --
_tAntiscience trends in the rise of the "alternative medicine" movement /
_rWallace Sampson --
_tConstructivism in psychotherapy : truth and consequences /
_rBarbara S. Held --
_tRadical environmental philosophy and the assault on reason /
_rMartin W. Lewis --
_tIs environmental cancer a political disease? /
_rStanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter --
_tOld messages : ecofeminism and the alienation of young people from environmental activism /
_rRene Denfeld --
_tTowards a sober sociology of science /
_rSusan Haack --
_tWrestling with the social constructor /
_rNoretta Koertge --
_tVoodoo sociology : recent developments in the sociology of science /
_rStephen Cole --
_tThe allure of the hybrid : Bruno Latour and the search for a new grand theory /
_rOscar Kenshur --
_tWhatever happened to historical evidence? /
_rMary Lefkowitz --
_tBuilding bridges to Afrocentrism : a letter to my Egyptological colleagues /
_rAnn Macy Roth --
_tState of the art/science in anthropology /
_rRobin Fox --
_tLiberalism, public opinion, and their critics : some lessons for defending science /
_rSimon Jackman --
_tPathological social science : Carol Gilligan and the incredible shrinking girl /
_rChristina Hoff Sommers --
_tWhy feminist epistemology isn't /
_rJanet Radcliffe Richards --
_tFeminist epistemology : stalking an un-dead horse /
_rNoretta Koertge --
_tThe science question in postcolonial feminism /
_rMeera Nanda --
_tAre "feminist perspectives" in mathematics and science feminist? /
_rMary Beth Ruskai --
_tOn sitting down to read King Lear once again : the textual deconstruction of Shakespeare /
_rPaul A. Cantor --
_tConstructing literature : empiricism, romanticism, and textual theory /
_rGeorge Bornstein --
_tFreudian suspicion versus suspicion of Freud /
_rFrederick Crews --
_tEcosentimentalism : the summer dream beneath the tamarind tree /
_rGerald Weissmann --
_tTwo sources of unreason in democratic society : the paranormal and religion /
_rPaul Kurtz --
_tCreationism, ideology, and science /
_rEugenie C. Scott --
_tThe flight from reason : the religious right /
_rLangdon Gilkey --
_tDoubt, certainty, faith, and ideology /
_rOscar Kenshur --
_tScience, reason, and education /
_rHenry Rosovsky --
_tScientific literacy /
_rJames Trefil --
_tScience education and the sense of self /
_rGerald Holton --
_tAfrocentric pseudoscience : the miseducation of African Americans /
_rBernard R. Ortiz de Montellano
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy
_vCongresses
650 0 _aScience
_xSocial aspects
_vCongresses
650 0 _aWomen in science
_vCongresses
650 0 _aReligion and science
_vCongresses
650 2 _aPublic Opinion
_xtrends
650 2 _aReligion and Science
650 2 _aCulture
_xtrends
650 2 _aWomen
650 2 _aEnvironment
650 4 _aMujeres en la ciencia
650 4 _aCiencia
_xAspectos sociales
650 4 _aReligión y ciencia
655 7 _aConference papers and proceedings.
700 1 _aGross, Paul R
700 1 _aLevitt, N.
_d1943-
700 1 _aLewis, Martin W
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_tFlight from science and reason.
_dNew York N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
_w(OCoLC)607766345
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_tFlight from science and reason.
_dNew York N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
_w(OCoLC)607809254
830 0 _aAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences ;
_vv. 775.
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