McKinney's article 14.2

McKinney's article 14.2

Ronald J. McKinney

Revisiting the Sokal Hoax: The Paradoxical Gravity of Boundary Issues

In the first section of my paper, I want to consider the “paradoxes of complementarity” between polarised notions such as the quantum concepts of “wave” and “particle.” I will argue that if we treat this topic with all the “gravity” it deserves, we will be able to understand once and for all why this debate (and others like it) can never be completely resolved (paradox intended). In the second section, I want to consider the notion of “parody.” At the end, astute readers must determine for themselves whether I can be trusted to mean what I say, or whether this is all merely ironic, a post-modern hoax, one that undercuts the very boundaries it installs.

14.2 (Fall/Automne 2010)

109-132