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Why Trust Science?

by Naomi Oreskes
language: english
Publisher: Princeton University Press, April of 2021 ‧
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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.

Why Trust Science?

by Naomi Oreskes

Property Description
ISBN: 9780691212265
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: April of 2021
Language: English
Dimensions: 139 x 217 x 25 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 392
Format: Book
Collection: The University Center For Human Values Series
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Others
EAN: 9780691212265

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Naomi Oreskes

Naomi Oreskes é Professora de História da Ciência na Universidade de Harvard, Estados Unidos. Tendo começado a sua carreira na geologia, especializou-se em história e filosofia da ciência, sendo hoje uma voz muito ouvida sobre as relações entre ciência e sociedade, em particular as alterações climáticas. É autora de sete livros, dos quais o mais conhecido é Merchants of Doubt (2010), que serviu de base a um filme da Sony Pictures. Escreveu a introdução a uma edição norte-americana da encíclica Laudato Si do papa Francisco e artigos seus têm aparecido no New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times (Londres) e na Scientific American.

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