Isbn: 9780226292625 - cultural boundaries of science: credibility on the line (13 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. An investigation of the boundaries of science. Gieryn argues that when scientific claims reach courtrooms, boardrooms and living rooms, we use cultural 'maps' to decide whom to believe and to demarcate science from ideology, faith or nonsense. He argues that there are no stable criteria to distinguish science from non-science.…

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Zustand: New. 1999. 2nd ed. Paperback. An investigation of the boundaries of science. Gieryn argues that when scientific claims reach courtrooms, boardrooms and living rooms, we use cultural 'maps' to decide whom to believe and to demarcate science from ideology, faith or nonsense. He argues that there are no stable criteria to distinguish science from non-science. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why is science so credible Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific claims leave laboratories and enter courtrooms, boardrooms, and living rooms. On such occasions, we use 'maps' to decide who to believe--cultural maps demarcating 'science' from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense. Gieryn looks at episodes of boundary-work: Was phrenology good science How about cold fusion Is social science really scientific Is organic farming After centuries of disputes like these, Gieryn finds no stable criteria that absolutely distinguish science from non-science. Science remains a pliable cultural space, flexibly reshaped to claim credibility for some beliefs while denying it to others. In a timely epilogue, Gieryn finds this same controversy at the heart of the raging 'science wars.'.…

Zustand: New. An investigation of the boundaries of science. Gieryn argues that when scientific claims reach courtrooms, boardrooms and living rooms, we use cultural maps to decide whom to believe and to demarcate science from ideology, faith or nonsense. He argues th.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Cultural Boundaries of Science - Credibility on the Line | Credibility on the Line | Thomas F. Gieryn | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 1999 | The University of Chicago Press | EAN 9780226292625 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …