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Why trust science?

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Oreskes, Naomi. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press , 2019.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: Q124.7 O66w 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

"Do doctors really know what they are talking about 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 our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold …

Author: Oreskes, Naomi

Place of Publication: Princeton, NJ

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: xx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series: University Center for Human Values

Subjects: Science - history; Knowledge; Philosophy; Popular Work

Abstract: "Do doctors really know what they are talking about 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 our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, 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, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted." -- Provided by publisher.