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Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

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The article was published on 1994-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 718 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Science wars & Intellectual freedom.

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FRAGILITIES OF SCIENTISM: Richard Dawkins and the Paranoiac Idealization of Science

Luke Davidson
- 01 Jun 2000 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the "paranoiac idealization of science" and the "fragments of science as culture" in the context of Richard Dawkins and scientism.

Apuntes sobre la búsqueda de una epistemología sin imposturas

TL;DR: The trabajo reflexionó a modo de ensayo acerca de cuestiones filosoficas desdenadas o ignoradas en buena parte de la investigación practica as mentioned in this paper.
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The social sciences: who needs ‘em?

P.T. Manicas
- 01 Aug 2003 - 
TL;DR: For instance, this article argued that 50% of the non-hard sciences research on American campuses is a lot of foolishness and that the future looks bleak unless faculties in the social sciences reassert for themselves an older ideal: the idea that social science has genuine emancipatory potential.

A Strategy For Faculty Enhancement Related To Scientific Publications

TL;DR: An initiative to strengthen the research activities of engineering faculty at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez attempts to improve the number and quality of publications in peer-reviewed journals by young members of the faculty.