postmodernism

Homeopathy at risk of being lost in translation. I wonder if it worked. His book still seems to be available: The New Cure for Consumption by Its Own Virus. Presumably by avoiding any of those nasty questions about whether it actually works. Some more of Brierley-Jones's work here: see...

Is anyone aware of any 9/11 conspiracy theorising that grounds itself in poststructuralism? By “poststructuralism”, I’m broadly referring to anything that openly exhibits any of these characteristics: Pure epistemological relativism or epistemologically relativist anthropology: Objective truth...

Feb 9 Postmodernism vs. Science vs. Fundamentalism Saturday, February 9, 2 - 4 pm Public & FREE Stephen Brush, D. Phil. National Science Foundation, Room 110 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA EVENT FLYER ATTACHED Was Thomas Kuhn a social constructionist? Who won the Science Wars, and was...

Feb 9 Postmodernism vs. Science vs. Fundamentalism Saturday, February 9, 2 - 4 pm Public & FREE Stephen Brush, D. Phil. National Science Foundation, Room 110 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA EVENT FLYER ATTACHED Was Thomas Kuhn a social constructionist? Who won the Science Wars, and was...

My brain hurts. I studied archaeology at university just about a decade ago, when postprocessualist ideas weren't really on the radar (well, mine, anyway). As I moved on to museum work I lost touch with much of what's "hip" and new, and my only real hint of theoretical/phenomenological brands of...

Is Postmodernism a subject for Skeptics? Other than Richard Dawkins, I have never seen it addressed by Skeptics, but I think it should be. I can accept the “we perceive things through the filter of our culture” side of it. Sure, people have biases and influences. What I can not accept is denying...

Here is a paper that will make any reasonable rational person blow a gasket. “Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and fascism” Dave Holmes RN PhD, Stuart J Murray PhD, Amélie Perron RN PhD(cand) and Geneviève Rail PhD, Int J Evid Based Health 2006; 4...

I've been lurking here for awhile and am enjoying reading the threads here immensely. I have been an admirer of Mr. Randi's for a long time, since I was given a copy of Flim-Flam back in the dark days of the Reagan era. I do have one question, however. I have seen mention several times the...