The Science Wars

Alan Sokal on the "Social Text Affair" Alan Sokal on the "Social Text Affair"- Read all about the hoax in which Sokal submitted a bogus article to a humanities journal, including the article, the aftermath, and his mot… The Sokal Hoax: At Whom Are We Laughing? The Sokal Hoax: At Whom Are We Laughing?- Analysis of some of the statements of prominent physicists drawing analogies between physics concepts and societal and philosophical issu… VIDEA conference abstract hoax VIDEA conference abstract hoax- Giberrish abstracts prepared and accepted for a technical conference on computer visualization, 1995. The Bogdanoff Affair The Bogdanoff Affair- John Baez' take on this "reverse Sokal" hoax, where meaningless papers were published in physics journals. This may or may not have actually been intended as… What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove- Article by Alan Sokal. Debunking the Conventional Wisdom About the Science Wars Debunking the Conventional Wisdom About the Science Wars- Essays by mathematician Gabriel Stolzenberg arguing that allegations made by Alan Sokal and others of relativist and post…