Screen LibraryCreating scientific controversies : uncertainty and bias in science and society /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107692367 1107692369 9781107069619 1107069610 |
| Index Number: | Q175 |
| CLC: |
N02 G301 |
| Call Number: | G301/H282 |
| Contents: |
Scientific authority and the created controversy -- Lessons from the philosophy of science -- Defining science and the empiricist approach -- Challenges for the naïve empiricist -- A revolution in how we think about sciences -- Sciences as historically and socially situated -- Points to remember : part I -- Biases, arguments and created controversies -- Inherent irrationality: cognitive biases and heuristics -- Thinking more clearly : arguments, reasoning and informal fallacies -- Created controversies and how to detect them -- Points to remember : part II -- Exp |