Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy

How Society Shapes Brains, Gods, Maths, and Logics

AvSal Restivo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book offers a unique analysis of how ideas about science and technology in the public and scientific imaginations (in particular about maths, logic, the gene, the brain, god, and robots) perpetuate the false reality that values and politics are separate from scientific knowledge and its applications.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-26
Mått:148 x 210 x 26 mm
Vikt:608 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:370
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349951598

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Sal Restivo is Adjunct Professor of Technology, Culture and Society at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA and former Professor of Sociology, Science, and Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue, Part 1. Requiem for Plato and the Gods.- Prologue, Part 2. The Postmodern Context.- Chapter 1. The Science of Society.- Chapter 2. What about the Gene and What about the Brain?.- Chapter 3. The Social Lives of Minds and Brains.- Chapter 4. Thinking Machines.- Chapter 5. God and Society.- Chapter 6. The Social Construction of Mathematics.- Chapter 7. What Can a Sociologist Say about Logic?.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.- Appendix 1. Moments in the History of the Science of Society.- Appendix 2. Modelling the Social Brain.