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1996 scholarly publishing sting accepted by an academic journal
The Sokal affair, also known as the Sokal hoax, was a demonstrative scholarly hoax performed by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University
Sokal_affair
City in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Sokal (Ukrainian: Сокаль, IPA: [soˈkɑlʲ] Polish: Sokal) is a city located on the Bug River in Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts
Sokal
Surname list
сокал or Sokal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sokal (Belarusian: Сокал, "falcon") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Sokal (born
Sokal_(surname)
American physicist and mathematician (born 1955)
Alan David Sokal (/ˈsoʊkəl/ SOH-kəl; born January 24, 1955) is an American professor of mathematics at University College London and professor emeritus
Alan_Sokal
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up сокал or Sokal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sokal is a city in Ukraine. Sokal may also refer to: "Sokal" (song), a 2014 song by Nadezhda
Sokal_(disambiguation)
Belgian comic writer, video game developer (1954–2021)
Benoît Sokal (28 June 1954 – 28 May 2021) was a Belgian comic artist and video game developer, best known for his comics series Inspector Canardo, and
Benoît_Sokal
Group of bogus academic papers (2018)
the authors cited in support of their contention. The affair echoed Alan Sokal's 1996 hoax in Social Text, a cultural studies journal, which inspired Boghossian
Grievance_studies_affair
American historian and educator
Michael Mark Sokal was an American historian and educator. He died on Dec 18, 2025, age 80 . Born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 6, 1945, he was the
Michael_Sokal
Belarusian politician
Aliaksiej Mikalajevič Sokal (Belarusian: Аляксей Мікалаевіч Сокал) or Aleksey Nikolayevich Sokol (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Сокол) (born 18 November
Aliaksiej_Sokal
Biostatistician
Robert Reuven Sokal (January 13, 1926, in Vienna, Austria – April 9, 2012, in Stony Brook, New York) was an Austrian–American biostatistician and entomologist
Robert_R._Sokal
1519 battle of the Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe
The Battle of Sokal was a battle between the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland under the command of the Grand Hetman of the
Battle_of_Sokal
Topics referred to by the same term
Harry Sokal may refer to: Harry R. Sokal (1898–1979), Romanian-born German film producer Harry Sokal (musician) (born 1954), Austrian jazz saxophonist
Harry_Sokal
1997 book by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont
intellectuelles, is a book by physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont. As part of the so-called science wars, Sokal and Bricmont criticize postmodernism in
Fashionable_Nonsense
American electronics engineer (1929–2016)
Nathan O. Sokal (February 1, 1929 – May 8, 2016) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. He is best known for his contribution to the design
Nathan_O._Sokal
2002 French academic dispute
by reverse Alan Sokal hoax?" Baez was comparing the Bogdanovs' publications to the 1996 Sokal affair, in which physicist Alan Sokal successfully submitted
Bogdanov_affair
List of nonsense papers that were accepted by an academic journal or conference
This is a list of scholarly publishing "sting operations" such as the Sokal affair. These are nonsense papers that were accepted by an academic journal
List of scholarly publishing stings
List_of_scholarly_publishing_stings
1999 video game
adventure game developed and published by Microïds and designed by Benoît Sokal, who based it on his 1986 Inspector Canardo comic strip L'Amerzone. Amerzone
Amerzone
Practice of obscuring information
similar theoretic divergences. The Sokal affair (1996) was a publishing hoax that the professor of physics Alan Sokal perpetrated on the editors and readers
Obscurantism
Discredited statistical finding in positive psychology
maths professor Alan Sokal and psychology professor Harris Friedman on a re-analysis of the paper's data (hereafter the Brown-Sokal-Friedman rebuttal).
Critical_positivity_ratio
Series of video games
comic artist and video game developer Benoît Sokal. Set within an alternate universe designed by Sokal and introduced in the 1999 video game Amerzone
Syberia
Former subdivision of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal's'kyj rajon) was a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center
Sokal_Raion
2007 video game
and led by Benoît Sokal. The title's genesis came from Olivier Fontenay, who suggested that Benoît Sokal make police games. Sokal wrote a ten-page draft
Sinking_Island
American philosopher and pedagogist (born 1966)
Boghossian was involved in the grievance studies affair (also called "Sokal Squared" in media coverage) with collaborators James A. Lindsay and Helen
Peter_Boghossian
German film producer
Harry R. Sokal (20 February 1898 – 7 March 1979) was a Romanian-born German film producer. He produced 22 films between 1926 and 1977. After working in
Harry_R._Sokal
2000 film by William Friedkin
peaceful. With Sokal on the stand, Hodges presents a shipping manifest proving that the tape from the undamaged camera was delivered to Sokal's office but
Rules_of_Engagement_(film)
Eparchy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Eparchy of Lviv and Sokal (Ukrainian: Львівсько-Сокальська єпархія, romanized: Lvivsko-Sokalska yeparkhiia) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Orthodox Church
Eparchy_of_Lviv_and_Sokal
Belgian philosopher (born 1984)
which organizes skeptical conferences in Flanders. In 2011, Boudry pulled a Sokal-style hoax. Boudry wanted to put Christian philosophers to the test by writing
Maarten_Boudry
Polish psychologist (born 1963)
Scientific Activist of the Year category. In 2007, Witkowski repeated the Sokal hoax. He managed to publish an article on morphic resonance in the psychology
Tomasz_Witkowski
1990s dispute in philosophy of science
realists (such as Norman Levitt, Paul R. Gross, Jean Bricmont and Alan Sokal) accused many writers, whom they described as 'postmodernist', of having
Science_wars
Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Huta belonged to Sokal Raion. The raion was abolished
Huta, Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast
Huta,_Sheptytskyi_Raion,_Lviv_Oblast
Comic book series
created by the Belgian artist Benoît Sokal. He was named after the French noun canard, which means "duck". Sokal created the character Inspector Canardo
Inspector_Canardo
2017 video game
miss its original June 2010 release date because negotiations with Benoît Sokal were under way and Microïds was then acquired by Anuman. On 17 April 2010
Syberia_3
Type of random graph
-state Potts model. The Edwards-Sokal (ES) representation of the Potts model is named after Robert G. Edwards and Alan D. Sokal. It provides a unified representation
Random_cluster_model
Academic journal
journal gained notoriety in 1996 for the Sokal affair, when it published a nonsensical article that physicist Alan Sokal had deliberately written as a hoax
Social_Text
2004 video game
produced in 13 months using Virtools Dev 3.0 development tools. Benoît Sokal indicated in an interview that at one time the development team was considering
Syberia_II
2022 video game
the Syberia series. The game is dedicated to the memory of creator Benoît Sokal, who died during development in 2021. Syberia: The World Before was announced
Syberia:_The_World_Before
German soldier and deserter
across the Bug River at 9:00 pm on the eve of Operation Barbarossa near Sokal, just north of Lwow, in 1941 to warn the Red Army of imminent attack the
Alfred_Liskow
Hromada in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Sokal urban hromada (Ukrainian: Сокальська міська громада) is a hromada in Ukraine, in Sheptytskyi Raion of Lviv Oblast. The administrative center is
Sokal_urban_hromada
2002 video game
years. Created and designed by Belgian artist Benoît Sokal, Syberia is set in the same world as Sokal's 1999 video game Amerzone. It follows Kate Walker,
Syberia_(video_game)
2008 book by Alan Sokal
Science, Philosophy, and Culture is a 2008 book by Alan Sokal detailing the history of the Sokal affair in which he submitted an article full of "nonsense"
Beyond_the_Hoax
The following is a list of villages in Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. Source: Sytykhiv Zavyshen List of Canadian place names of Ukrainian origin "Дрогобицький
List of villages in Lviv Oblast
List_of_villages_in_Lviv_Oblast
French physicists, authors and TV presenters
by reverse Alan Sokal hoax?" Baez was comparing the Bogdanoffs' publications to the 1996 Sokal affair, in which physicist Alan Sokal successfully submitted
Igor_and_Grichka_Bogdanoff
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Ukraine
The Eparchy of Sokal – Zhovkva is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the archeparchy (archdiocese) of Lviv in Ukraine. The incumbent
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva
Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Sokal–Zhovkva
American magazine
Franca!" By Ron Rosenbaum in The New York Observer, (April 2006). Sokal Affair: Alan Sokal, "A Physicist Experiments With Cultural Studies," Lingua Franca
Lingua_Franca_(magazine)
French philosopher, cultural theorist, and urbanist
cultural theorists (and other postmodernists) criticized by physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont in 1997 for what they characterize as misunderstanding
Paul_Virilio
Nazi forced transfers of prisoners
During the Holocaust, death marches (German: Todesmärsche) were massive forced transfers of prisoners from one Nazi camp to other locations, which involved
Death marches during the Holocaust
Death_marches_during_the_Holocaust
2006 video game
game by White Birds Productions, a company formed by Benoît Sokal, based on a novel by Sokal. In 2009, the game was re-released in North America under the
Paradise_(video_game)
Jewish historian and philosopher of science (1945-2004)
Quantum Dialogue: The Making of a Revolution and her intervention in the Sokal affair. In Quantum Dialogue she draws out the early historical development
Mara_Beller
2016 film by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
film production company Half Stop Down owned by Amitabh Reza, Assaduzzaman Sokal and Mahjabin Reza. The film follows the story of Ayna, a professional imposter
Aynabaji
British microbiologist
co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Robert R. Sokal. Sneath and Sokal wrote Principles of Numerical Taxonomy, revised in 1973 as Numerical
Peter_Sneath
Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Oblast, western Ukraine. It is part of the Sokal urban hromada, with the administrative centre in the city of Sokal. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census
Opilsko
Former village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
during the Second Republic to the Lviv voivodeship (to the districts of Sokal and Rawsk). "Pawłowice". "Umowa pomiędzy Rzecząpospolitą Polską a Związkiem
Pavlovychi,_Sokal_Raion
Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
Camin-Sokal parsimony, first parsimony (optimization) criterion and first computer program/algorithm for cladistic analysis both by Camin and Sokal. Character
Phylogenetics
intellectual roots in writers who had a fascination with fascism. In 1996 Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University, perpetrated a hoax in which
Criticism_of_postmodernism
1994 book by Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt
1996 Sokal hoax, in which Alan Sokal published a bogus paper in Social Text, a postmodernist journal that did not peer-review submissions. Sokal stated
Higher_Superstition
Syberia protagonist
Walker is created by Belgian comic artist and video game developer Benoît Sokal. She is voiced in all media by Sharon Mann in English, and by Françoise
Kate_Walker_(Syberia)
French philosopher (1925–1995)
own uses of mathematical and scientific terms, pace critics such as Alan Sokal: "I'm not saying that Resnais and Prigogine, or Godard and Thom, are doing
Gilles_Deleuze
Classification system in biological systematics
evaluation of their properties. The concept was first developed by Robert R. Sokal and Peter H. A. Sneath in 1963 and later elaborated by the same authors
Numerical_taxonomy
Subdivision of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
administrative divisions of Ukraine. Two abolished raions, Radekhiv and Sokal raions, as well as Chervonohrad Municipality and part of Kamianka-Buzka
Sheptytskyi_Raion
Belarusian independence activist (1892–1983)
Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (Belarusian: Анто́н Со́кал-Кутыло́ўскі; 7 February 1892 – 7 March 1983) was an active participant in the Belarusian independence
Anton_Sokał-Kutyłoŭski
Statistical test
in 1967. Accounts of it can be found in advanced statistics books (e.g., Sokal & Rohlf 1995). The test is commonly used in ecology, where the data are
Mantel_test
Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Russia
regional center of Lviv, 57 kilometres (35 mi) from the district center Sokal, and 47 kilometres (29 mi) from the mining city Chervonohrad. Archival records
Kariv,_Ukraine
Synovydne (Верхнє Синьовидне) Sokal (Сокальський район) Cities and towns under the district's jurisdiction: Belz (Белз) Sokal (Сокаль) Sosnivka (Соснівка)
Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast
Administrative_divisions_of_Lviv_Oblast
Polish nobleman and diplomat (c. 1548 – 1613)
Sandomierz Voivodship in 1590, starost of Lwów in 1593, and starost of Sambor, Sokal, Sanok, and Rohatyn. He was the father of Marina Mniszech, who was queen
Jerzy_Mniszech
City in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
hromadas of Ukraine. Sheptytskyi lies about 62 km north of Lviv, 7 km from Sokal, 28 km northeast of the town of Voroniv, and has a population of 64,297
Sheptytskyi
Classification by similarity of DNA
related individuals. The term was originally introduced in 1963 by Robert R. Sokal and Peter H. A. Sneath in the context of numerical taxonomy, where an "operational
Operational_taxonomic_unit
Conceptual lifeforms to assist in understanding phylogenrtics
University), Dr. W. Wayne Moss (Philadelphia Academy of Sciences) and Robert R. Sokal (State University of New York at Stony Brook) in 1983. The original drawings
Caminalcules
1930 film
Arnold Fanck Written by Arnold Fanck Produced by Gabriel Levy Harry R. Sokal Starring Leni Riefenstahl Sepp Rist Ernst Udet Cinematography Hans Schneeberger
Stürme_über_dem_Mont_Blanc
Philosophical school and tradition
of a silly but non-catastrophic phenomenon." Similarly, physicist Alan Sokal in 1997 criticized "the postmodernist/poststructuralist gibberish that is
Post-structuralism
Postmodern theoretical movement
resistance, highlighted by the critiques of Camille Paglia and Alan Sokal (cf. Sokal affair and Fashionable Nonsense, co-authored with Jean Bricmont). Intellectual
French_Theory
Ukrainian-born American writer, historian
Bohachevsky-Chomiak (Ukrainian: Марта Богаче́вська-Хомя́к; born 1938 in Sokal, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian and American historian and Ukrainian feminist
Martha_Bohachevsky-Chomiak
British writer and social critic
2017–18 grievance studies affair (also referred to as "Sokal Squared" in reference to the 1996 Sokal affair), a project which saw the group submitting a
Helen_Pluckrose
Belarusian politician (born 1964)
2012 – 14 May 2017 Preceded by Tatyana Golubeva Succeeded by Aliaksiej Sokal Personal details Born (1964-04-28) 28 April 1964 (age 62) Party Communist
Igor_Karpenko_(politician)
Musical artist
Harald Sokal (born 18 March 1954) is an Austrian jazz saxophonist. Sokal attended piano and clarinet lessons from the age of six and studied clarinet
Harry_Sokal_(musician)
Cathedral in Ukraine
Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Petro Loza Stryi: Taras Senkiv Poland Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ternopil
Cathedral_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Ternopil
Belarusian politician (born 1983)
Communist Party Incumbent Assumed office 25 May 2024 Preceded by Aliaksiej Sokal Member of the House of Representatives In office 17 November 2019 – 21 March
Sergei_Syrankov
professional jury and the votes from the public resulted in a tie between "Sokal" performed by Nadezhda Misyakova, "Mamina lyubov" performed by Ksenia &
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Belarus_in_the_Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014
British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
Nature, Dawkins expressed his appreciation for two books connected with the Sokal affair: Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science
Richard_Dawkins
Attempt to classify organisms based on overall similarity
of phenetics, but the most influential were Peter Sneath and Robert R. Sokal. Their books are still primary references for this sub-discipline, although
Phenetics
French historian of science
Classiques Garnier, 2011) Her edited works include: Retours sur l'affaire Sokal (edited with Gilles Denis and Marie-José Durand-Richard, L'Harmattan, 2007)
Sophie_Roux
Statistical method for fitting a line
(1992); Matoušek (1991); Blunck & Vahrenhold (2006). Massart et al. (1997) Sokal & Rohlf (1995); Dytham (2011). Granato (2006) Theil (1950); Sen (1968) Sen
Theil–Sen_estimator
Sociological theory regarding shared understandings
weaknesses of social constructionism and postmodernism, physics professor Alan Sokal submitted an article to the academic journal Social Text deliberately written
Social_constructionism
Classification of power amplifier
Amplifiers, SciTech Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1884932126 pages 216-220 Sokal, N. O; Sokal, A. D. (1975). "Class E-A new class of high-efficiency tuned single-ended
Power_amplifier_classes
1932 film directed by Max Neufeld
Neufeld Written by Bruno Granichstaedten Ernst Marischka Produced by Harry R. Sokal Starring Liane Haid Iván Petrovich Viktor de Kowa Cinematography Otto Kanturek
The_Tsar's_Diamond
Excessive use of words
physics professor Alan Sokal in a journal (Social Text) as a scholarly publishing sting. The episode became known as the Sokal Affair. The term is sometimes
Verbosity
American evolutionary biologist
Elliot Spiess (1981) Richard Lewontin (1982) Peter H. Raven (1983) Robert R. Sokal (1984) Lawrence B. Slobodkin (1985) Janis Antonovics (1986) Wyatt Anderson
Stevan_J._Arnold
Software to create fake academic articles
generate many computer science papers that were accepted for publication. Sokal affair List of scholarly publishing stings Lakshmanan, Lak (2023-01-30)
Paper_generator
1965 sports drama film by Norman Jewison
Pig, then Shooter bows out but remains as the dealer. Later, Yeller and Sokal also drop out. After a few unlikely wins, the Kid abruptly folds what would
The_Cincinnati_Kid
English author and parapsychological researcher (born 1942)
real scientific research, an event that has come to be known as the Sokal affair. Sokal later said that he had suggested in the hoax paper that 'morphogenetic
Rupert_Sheldrake
academic community. Professor at New York University Alan Sokal, perpetrator of the Sokal hoax, is another noteworthy example of an advocate of linguistic
Transparency_(linguistic)
Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
metropolitan see, it has three suffragan sees: Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych, and Sokal–Zhovkva. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is Ihor Vozniak. The cathedral
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
Ukrainian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Lviv
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Love Song", composed by Paweł Rurak-Sokal, with lyrics by Tatiana Okupnik, and performed by the band Blue Café. The
Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Poland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004
Graph defined from a set of points in the Euclidean plane
named after K. Ruben Gabriel, who introduced them in a paper with Robert R. Sokal in 1969. For Gabriel graphs of infinite random point sets, the finite site
Gabriel_graph
Polish noble family
Ukrainian places are close to Belz: Komariv, Halych Raion [uk], Komariv, Sokal Raion [uk] and Komariv, Stryi Raion [uk]. There seems to be no good evidence
Komorowski_(Korczak)
1932 film
attribution. A 1937 re-release in Nazi Germany removed Mayer, Balázs, and Sokal's names due to the regime's antisemitic policies, as all three were Jewish
The_Blue_Light_(1932_film)
Belaya Rus Oleg Romanov 51 New RPTS Alexander Khizhnyak 8 +2 CPB Aliaksiej Sokal 7 −4 LDPB Oleg Gaidukevich 4 +3 Independents – 40 −49 This lists parties
2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
2024_Belarusian_parliamentary_election
2021 American film
directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury and Executive Produced by Md Assaduzzaman Sokal from their Production company Half Stop Down. Novera Rahman played a titular
Rickshaw_Girl
Topics referred to by the same term
Viktor Sokol (Russian: Виктор Сокол) or Viktar Sokal (Belarusian: Вiктар Сокал) may refer to: Viktor Sokol (footballer born 1954), Soviet and Belarusian
Viktor_Sokol
Statistical procedure
1–25. doi:10.2307/2331554. ISSN 0006-3444. JSTOR 2331554. Rohlf, F. James; Sokal, Robert R. (2012). Statistical tables (4th ed.). New York (N.Y.): Freeman
Normalization_(statistics)
American ecologist and evolutionary biologist
Elliot Spiess (1981) Richard Lewontin (1982) Peter H. Raven (1983) Robert R. Sokal (1984) Lawrence B. Slobodkin (1985) Janis Antonovics (1986) Wyatt Anderson
Judith_Bronstein
SOKAL
SOKAL
SOKAL
SOKAL
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Love; Flower
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Fragrant
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Southern Italian : from a short form of the personal names Boncore, literally ‘good heart’, a medieval omen name, or Belcore.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Love, Pure
Female
Swiss
, Christian.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ratcliff.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Competent
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Bright
Girl/Female
Indian
Interrupter of the sacrifice of Daksha
Boy/Male
Native American
Touch.
SOKAL
SOKAL
SOKAL
SOKAL
SOKAL