Why Trust Science?
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Why Trust Science?

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eBook - PDF

Why Trust Science?

About this book

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy

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.

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Information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780691212265
eBook ISBN
9780691222370
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Science History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the Paperback
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 Why Trust Science? Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science
  9. Chapter 2 Science Awry
  10. Coda: Values in Science
  11. Comments
  12. Response
  13. Afterword
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Contributors
  17. Index