ISBN:
0520259599
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0520259602
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9780520943308
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9780520259591
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9780520259607
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 325 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Why I Am Not a Scientist : Anthropology and Modern Knowledge
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Science Philosophy
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Anthropology Philosophy
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Evolution (Biology) Philosophy
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Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
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Abstract:
This lively and provocative book casts an anthropological eye on the field of science in a wide-ranging and innovative discussion that integrates philosophy, history, sociology, and auto-ethnography. Jonathan Marks examines biological anthropology, the history of the life sciences, and the literature of science studies while upending common understandings of science and culture with a mixture of anthropology, common sense, and disarming humor. Science, Marks argues, is widely accepted to be three things: a method of understanding and a means of establishing facts about the universe, the facts
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Science as a Culture and as a "Side"; 2. The Scientific Revolution; 3. Normative Science; 4. Science as Practice; 5. The Problem of Creationism; 6. Bogus Science; 7. Scientific Misconduct; 8. The Rise and Fall of Colonial Science; 9. Racial and Gendered Science; 10. Nature/Culture; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-314) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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