苏珊·哈克，美国迈阿密大学的哲学教授，她于牛津大学获得学士和硕士学位，于剑桥大学获得博士学位，曾先后任教于剑桥大学和华威大学。苏珊·哈克教授著有《变异逻辑》、《逻辑哲学》、《证据与探究:走向认识论的重构》、《变异逻辑与模糊逻辑》、《一位热情的稳健派的宣言:不时髦的论文集》，以及本书《理性地捍卫科学》。2004年，她被选入Peter J. King的100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the Worlds Greatest Thinkers (New York: Barron.， 2004);次年，她被Sunday Independent (London) 誉为历来最重要的10位女性哲学家之一。

苏珊·哈克，美国迈阿密大学的哲学教授，她于牛津大学获得学士和硕士学位，于剑桥大学获得博士学位，曾先后任教于剑桥大学和华威大学。苏珊·哈克教授著有《变异逻辑》、《逻辑哲学》、《证据与探究:走向认识论的重构》、《变异逻辑与模糊逻辑》、《一位热情的稳健派的宣言:不时髦的论文集》，以及本书《理性地捍卫科学》。2004年，她被选入Peter J. King的100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the Worlds Greatest Thinkers (New York: Barron.， 2004);次年，她被Sunday Independent (London) 誉为历来最重要的10位女性哲学家之一。

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Writing with verve and wry humour, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the "Sci...(展开全部)

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Writing with verve and wry humour, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the "Sci...(展开全部)

A critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society and the political crisis posed by cynicism. Melancholic and introspective, ironical and apolitical, the urban cynic is a myth of our time. A casualty of modernization? Or a product of postmodernism? In this original and provocative book, Timothy Bewes undertakes a descent into the modern cynical consciousness, ...(展开全部)

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

The sociology of science is dominated by relativists who argue that the content of science is not influenced by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. "Making Science" is a critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position. Stephen Cole begins by making a distinction between two kinds of knowledge: the core, which ...(展开全部)

The technologies, markets, and administrations of today's knowledge society are in crisis. We face recurring disasters in every domain: climate change, energy shortages, economic meltdown. The system is broken, despite everything the technocrats claim to know about science, technology, and economics. These problems are exacerbated by the fact that today powerful technologies ha...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)