ISBN:
9780691222370
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 360 Seiten)
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Edition:
First paperback edition, with a new preface by the author
Series Statement:
The University Center for Human Values series
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
303.483
Keywords:
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Science Philosophy
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Science Social aspects
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Umweltforschung
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Bewertung
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Naturwissenschaften
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Vertrauenswürdigkeit
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Naturwissenschaften
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Umweltforschung
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Bewertung
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Vertrauenswürdigkeit
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
DOI:
10.1515/9780691222370
URL:
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