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Why Trust Science?

Series: The University Center for Human Values Series
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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes explores the crucial role of science in understanding the world around us. Through compelling historical and philosophical analysis, the author examines how scientific consensus is achieved and why it deserves public trust, providing insights into the processes and practices that ensure scientific integrity and reliability.
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You might enjoy this insightful exploration if you're curious about the role of trust in science and how scientific consensus is established. Naomi Oreskes delves into historical and philosophical contexts, offering compelling arguments for the reliability of scientific processes and perspectives, which may appeal to those interested in understanding why and how we can have confidence in scientific knowledge.

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Why Trust Science?

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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 defence 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.

This book should be mandatory reading for anyone who is part of the scientific endeavour. - Elisabeth Gilmore, Science

Naomi Oreskes's Why Trust Science? should be read by progressives, conservatives, and everyone in between. It's an important, timely, and utterly compelling book. - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes is praised for its insightful examination of the social and historical contexts that bolster scientific knowledge. It's recognised as a significant contribution to understanding how trust in science is built and why it is crucial. Highlighted as a top read in 2019 by both the New Zealand Listener and FiveBooks, it effectively addresses the challenges of trust and scepticism in the scientific community.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691212265

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 2 b/w illus. 1 table.

Contributors:

  • Edited by Stephen Macedo
  • Contributions by Ottmar Edenhofer
  • Contributions by Jon Krosnick
  • Contributions by M. Susan Lindee
  • Contributions by Marc Lange
  • Contributions by Martin Kowarsch

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 392

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Education & Reference Naomi Oreskes Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University.

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