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| Natural sciences: Natural sciences are the branches of science that study the natural world, including living organisms and inanimate matter. They use scientific methods to observe, measure, and experiment to understand the natural world and make predictions about its behavior. Scientific reliability is ensured by publications in peer-reviewed journals. See also Science, Measurements, Method, Observation, Experiments._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Bruno Latour on Natural Sciences - Dictionary of Arguments
Sokal I 114 Science/Latour/SokalVsLatour/BricmontVsLatour/Bricmont/Sokal: e.g. (B. Latour, Science in Action, Cambridge 1987, p. 94ff): Latour makes fun of invoking nature as a way to solve scientific controversies, as in the case of solar neutrinos: Sokal I 115 Latour: "Let's see for ourselves in which camp the sun can actually be found. Somewhere, the natural sun with its true number of neutrinos will silence the dissenters and force them to accept the facts, no matter how well formulated their essays may have been." (p. 95). Sokal: why is Latour getting ironic here? It is actually difficult to determine how many neutrinos are emitted by the sun. We can hope that the question will be resolved one day, but not because "the natural sun silences those who think differently", but because there is enough good empirical data to be obtained. >Method, >Science, >Theories, >Theory change, >Measuring._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Lat I Bruno Latour Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society Cambridge, MA 1988 Sokal I Alan Sokal Jean Bricmont Fashionabel Nonsense. Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse of Science, New York 1998 German Edition: Eleganter Unsinn. Wie die Denker der Postmoderne die Wissenschaften missbrauchen München 1999 Sokal II Alan Sokal Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science New York 1999 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-29