num_pages: 80
description: Shows how science has become a major contested cultural symbol, and suggests that we need a new 'post-normal' synthesis in which the old debates are transcended. Science is not about demonstrations by experts, but dialogue among stakeholders. This is the new face of science, one which gives Kuhn's seminal insights new life.
language: English
title: Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars
titlecomplete: Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars (Postmodern Encounters)
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy
ratings_count: 82
series: Postmodern Encounters
publisher: Icon,Totem Books