The Science Wars : Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology

Introduction: From Gish to Fish 9(10) Keith Parsons PART 1. THE CONSTRUCTIVIST CHALLENGE Introduction 19(10) Facts and Artifacts 29(14) Bruno Latour Steve Woolgar Conclusion to Leviathan and the Air-Pump 43(14) Steven Shapin Simon Schaffer The Sociology of Knowledge: Exposition and Critique 57(22) Robert Klee A Critique of Shapin and Schaffer 79(24) Paul R. Gross Norman Levitt Study Questions 89(4) PART 2. FEMINISTS ON SCIENCE Introduction 93(10) Feminist Standpoint Epistemology and Strong Objectivity 103(22) Sandra Harding Feminist Epistemology: Implications for Philosophy of Science 125(16) Cassandra L. Pinnick A Critique of Harding on Objectivity 141(30) Ellen R. Klein Study Questions 155(6) PART 3. SCIENCE AND POSTMODERNISM Introduction 161(10) Introduction to Primate Visions 171(24) Donna Haraway Review of Primate Visions by Donna Haraway 195(14) Matt Cartmill Sokal's Hoax and Selected Responses 209(46) Steven Weinberg Study Questions 241(4) PART 4. CONSERVATIVE CRITIQUES OF SCIENCE Introduction 245(10) The Grand Metaphysical Story of Science 255(22) Phillip E. Johnson Critique of Phillip E. Johnson 277(30) Robert T. Pennock Science or Beauty? 307(8) Martin Gardner Study Questions 315(2) References and Further Reading: A Bibliographical Essay 317(6) List of Contributors 323