| Perspectives on Science and Culture Contributor(s): Rutten, Kris (Editor), Blancke, Stefaan (Editor), Soetaert, Ronald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557537976 ISBN-13: 9781557537973 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 306.45 |
| LCCN: 2017032509 |
| Series: Comparative Cultural Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 225 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edited by Kris Rutten, Stefaan Blancke, and Ronald Soetaert, Perspectives on Science and Culture explores the intersection between scientific understanding and cultural representation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributors to the volume analyze representations of science and scientific discourse from the perspectives of rhetorical criticism, comparative cultural studies, narratology, educational studies, discourse analysis, naturalized epistemology, and the cognitive sciences. The main objective of the volume is to explore how particular cognitive predispositions and cultural representations both shape and distort the public debate about scientific controversies, the teaching and learning of science, and the development of science itself. The theoretical background of the articles in the volume integrates C. P. Snow's concept of the two cultures (science and the humanities) and Jerome Bruner's confrontation between narrative and logico-scientific modes of thinking (i.e., the cognitive and the evolutionary approaches to human cognition). |
Contributor Bio(s): Rutten, Kris: - Kris Rutten is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Ghent University where he teaches courses on culture and education. His research focuses on the rhetorical and narrative turn in education and on the rhetoric of cultural literacy. He is editorial consultant for Critical Arts and is currently serving as the president of the Rhetoric Society of Europe. |