Postmodern Philosophy and the Scientific Turn

A groundbreaking, interdisciplinary approach to the study of consciousness: "Beautifully written, engaging throughout, and captivating" (Claire Colebrook, The Pennsylvania State University).

What can come of a scientific engagement with postmodern philosophy? Some scientists have claimed that the social sciences and humanities have nothing to contribute, except perhaps peripherally, to their research. Dorothea E. Olkowski shows that mathematics itself-the historic link between science and...