Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy

How Society Shapes Brains, Gods, Maths, and Logics

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvSal Restivo

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-07-29
Mått148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt496 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor370
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349957460

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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.

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