Rethinking the BSE crisis:a study of scientific reasoning under uncertainty
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Springer Science+Business Media B.V.,
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Publisher Address: | Dordrecht New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9504-6 |
Carrier Form: | xv, 242 p.:: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9789048195046 (electr. bk.) 9048195047 |
Index Number: | S858 |
CLC: | S858.23 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index. BSE: a leap into the unknown -- The scientific challenge -- Arguing through uncertainty -- Good arguments during the BSE inquiry -- The unraveling of an argumentative strategy -- An unchallengeable scientific consensus -- Political and commercial interests in the BSE inquiry -- Learning the lessons of the BSE crisis. |