TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCain,Kevin
AU  - Kampourakis,Kostas
TI  - What is scientific knowledge?: : an introduction to contemporary epistemology of science
SN  - 9781138570153
U1  - 501 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. How is scientific knowledge generated?; How many scientists does it take to have knowledge? / Jeroen de Ridder; What attitude should scientists have? Good academic practice as a precondition for the production of knowledge / Thomas A. C. Reydon; How do medical researchers make causal inferences? / Olaf Dammann, Ted Poston, and Paul Thagard; How do explanations lead to scientific knowledge? / Kevin McCain; What is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? / Henk W. de Regt and Christoph Baumberger; Part II. What is the nature of scientific knowledge?; What are scientific concepts? / Theodore Arabatzis; How can we tell science from pseudoscience? / Stephen Law; How do we know that 2 + 2 = 4? / Carrie S. I. Jenkins; Is scientific knowledge special? Plus ca change, plus cest la meme chose / Richard Fumerton; Can scientific knowledge be measured by numbers? Hanne Anderson; Part III. Does bias affect our access to scientific knowledge?; Why do logically incompatible beliefs seem psychologically compatible? Science, pseudoscience, religion, and superstition / Andrew Shtulman and Andrew Young; Do our intuitions mislead us? The role of human bias in scientific inquiry / Susan A. Gelman and Kristan A. Marchale; Can scientific knowledge sift the Wheat from the Tares? A brief history of bias (and fears about bias) in science / Erik L. Peterson; What grounds do we have for the validity of scientific findings? The new worries about science / Janet A. Kourany; Is science really value free and objective? From objectivity to scientific integrity / Matthew J. Brown; Part IV. Is scientific knowledge limited?; Should we trust what our scientific theories say? / Martin Curd and Dana Tulodziecki; What are the limits of scientific explanation? / Martin Curd and Dana Tulodziecki; Should we accept scientism? The argument from self-referential incoherence / Sara Gottlieb and Tania Lombrozo; How are the uncertainties in scientific knowledge represented in the public sphere? The genetics of intelligence as a case study / Kostas Kampourakis
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