The Flight from Science and Reason

Synopsis of The Flight from Science and Reason

«The Flight from Science and Reason» is the collective essay by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt and Martin W. Lewis, published by Johns Hopkins University Press in paperback (608 pages, in English).

Collection of essays defending scientific practice against its critics: from social constructivism and deconstructionism to creationism, feminism and Afrocentrism. The authors analyze the rise of alternative medicine and radical environmentalism, and explain why concepts such as the uncertainty principle or chaos theory should not be used as metaphors without mathematical basis. They also address the paradox of debating those who question the validity of reason and logic.

Volume corresponding to the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, distributed for the New York Academy of Sciences. It brings together contributions from numerous academics and scientists.

Aimed at readers interested in philosophy of science, social studies of science and debates on the role of reason in knowledge.