Why trust science?.

Are 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, revea...

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מחבר ראשי: Oreskes, Naomi (Author)
פורמט: ספר
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021
סדרה:University Center for Human Values series2813
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סיכום:Are 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. --
תאור פריט:With a new preface by the author.
תיאור פיזי:xx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ביבליוגרפיה:Includes bibliographical references ( pages 297-334) and index.
ISBN:9780691212265