Intellectual Impostures: Postmodern Philosopher... -

Sokal and Bricmont aimed to demonstrate that several prominent intellectuals abused scientific concepts (from physics, mathematics, and biology) by using them out of context, inaccurately, or as meaningless metaphors.

The authors argue that postmodern philosophers often use scientific jargon to intimidate readers and add an air of authority to their work, even though the usage is mathematically or physically nonsensical. Intellectual Impostures: postmodern philosopher...

Intellectual Impostures (published as Fashionable Nonsense in the US) is a 1998 book by physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont that critiques the use of scientific concepts and terminology by several prominent French postmodernist philosophers. 1. Core Purpose and Argument Sokal and Bricmont aimed to demonstrate that several

Critiqued for misuse of mathematical concepts like topology. Intellectual Impostures: postmodern philosopher...