ON 'SOKAL CASE' PSEUDO-SCIENCE AND MISUSE OF AUTHORITY

• Authors: Leszczynski D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In 1996, Alan Sokal published in the periodical 'Social Text' an article which was a parody of postmodernist authors achievements. He wanted to prove that they wrongly interpreted and used some mathematical and physical expressions and thus, their works were nothing but 'fashionable nonsense'. The author analyses Sokal's accusations and shows that in case of postmodernism the Rudolf Carnap's method of criticism of methaphysics can be used.

Keywords

EN

FASHIONABLE NONSENSE; SOKAL'S CASE

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Edukacja Filozoficzna
• Year: 2005
• Issue: 39
• Pages: 75-87
• Document type: COMMUNICATION

Contributors

author

Leszczynski D.

• D. Leszczynski, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Filozofii, Zaklad Filozofii Systematycznej, ul. Koszarowa 3, 51-149 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05PLAAAA0031746