ISBN:
9780691222370
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (392 p.) :
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2 b/w illus. 1 table.
DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
Science Philosophy.
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Science Social aspects.
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SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Abstract:
Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyAre doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, this timely and provocative book features a new preface by Oreskes and critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Preface to the Paperback --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1 Why Trust Science? --
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Chapter 2 Science Awry --
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Coda --
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Comments --
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Chapter 3 The Epistemology of Frozen Peas --
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Chapter 4 What Would Reasons for Trusting Science Be? --
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Chapter 5 Pascal’s Wager Reframed --
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Chapter 6 Comments on the Present and Future of Science, Inspired by Naomi Oreskes --
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Response --
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Chapter 7 Reply --
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Afterword --
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Notes --
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References --
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Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
DOI:
10.1515/9780691222370
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691222370
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691222370
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691222370
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691222370
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