Why trust science?
Oreskes, Naomi
Why trust science? by Naomi Oreskes - New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©2021 - xx, 360 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - University Center for Human Values series . - University Center for Human Values series. .
With a new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
Why trust science? : perspectives from the history and philosophy of science -- Science awry -- Coda: Values in science -- Comments. The epistemology of frozen peas : innocence, violence, and everyday trust in twentieth-century science / What would reasons for trusting science be? / Pascal's wager reframed : Toward trustworthy climate policy assessments for risk societies / Comments on the present and future of science, inspired by Naomi Oreskes / Response. Reply -- Stephen Macedo -- Susan Lindee -- Marc Lange -- Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch -- Jon A. Krosnick -- Introduction / Afterword.
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. --
9780691212265
2020949715
GBC141909 bnb
020133771 Uk
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Philosophy.
Sciences--Aspect social.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Philosophy.
Q175.5 / .O75 2021
501 / ORE-W
Why trust science? by Naomi Oreskes - New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©2021 - xx, 360 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - University Center for Human Values series . - University Center for Human Values series. .
With a new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
Why trust science? : perspectives from the history and philosophy of science -- Science awry -- Coda: Values in science -- Comments. The epistemology of frozen peas : innocence, violence, and everyday trust in twentieth-century science / What would reasons for trusting science be? / Pascal's wager reframed : Toward trustworthy climate policy assessments for risk societies / Comments on the present and future of science, inspired by Naomi Oreskes / Response. Reply -- Stephen Macedo -- Susan Lindee -- Marc Lange -- Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch -- Jon A. Krosnick -- Introduction / Afterword.
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. --
9780691212265
2020949715
GBC141909 bnb
020133771 Uk
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Philosophy.
Sciences--Aspect social.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Philosophy.
Q175.5 / .O75 2021
501 / ORE-W