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| Interpretation: A) making statements about other statements, whereby the new statements of the vocabulary make use of the original statements and possibly introduce new vocabulary. If no new vocabulary is introduced, new information can be obtained by changing the syntactic elements. B) In logic, the insertion of values (objects) instead of the constants or free variables. _____________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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Alan Sokal on Interpretation - Dictionary of Arguments
I 151 Interpretation/Science/Sociology/Sociology of scientific knowledge/Latour/Bricmont/Sokal: (B. Latour, The Sciences 35 (2)(1) p. 6-7): Latour disdainfully rejects the criticism of his work by natural scientists: Firstly, the opinions of natural scientists on studies that have as their object the natural sciences are no longer of significance. Scientists are the informers for our scientific research, not our judges. (p. 6). SokalVsLaotur: what should one think of a "researcher" who misunderstands so gravely what his "informants" say to him? >B. Latour, >Analogies/Sokal, >Science. 1. B. Latour, „Who speaks for Science?“, The Sciences 35 (2) (March-April), p. 6-7._____________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. |
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 2024-04-26