{"product_id":"9780199561834-beyond-the-hoax-science-philosophy-and-culture","title":"Sokal Alan (Professor Of Physics At New York University And Professor Of Mathematics At University College London) - Beyond The Hoax Science Philosophy And Culture - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: In 1996, Alan Sokal a Professor of Physics at New York University wrote a paper for the cultural - studies journal Social Text entitled Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity'. It was reviewed accepted and published. Sokal immediately confessed that the whole article was a hoax - a cunningly worded paper designed to expose and parody the style of extreme postmodernist criticism of science. The story became front - page news around the world and triggered fierce and wide - ranging controversy. Sokal is one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debate about the status of evidence - based knowledge. In Beyond the Hoax he turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo - science religion and misinformation in public life. Whether my targets are the postmodernists of the left the fundamentalists of the right or the muddle - headed of all political and apolitical stripes the bottom line is that clear thinking combined with a respect for evidence are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty - first century. The book also includes a hugely illuminating annotated text of the Hoax itself and a reflection on the furore it provoked.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Beyond The Hoax Science Philosophy And Culture\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Sokal Alan (Professor Of Physics At New York University And Professor Of Mathematics At University College London)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780199561834\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 488 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 3\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Philosophy Of Science","brand":"Sokal Alan (Professor Of Physics At New York University And Professor Of Mathematics At University College London)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49593225412913,"sku":"IN-G-9780199561834","price":33.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780199561834.jpg?v=1753224620","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780199561834-beyond-the-hoax-science-philosophy-and-culture","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}