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245 0 0 _aWhat is scientific knowledge?
_b: an introduction to contemporary epistemology of science
_c/ edited by Kevin McCain ad Kostas Kampourakis
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2020
300 _axiv, 313 pages
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart I. How is scientific knowledge generated?
505 0 _aHow many scientists does it take to have knowledge? / Jeroen de Ridder
505 0 _aWhat attitude should scientists have? Good academic practice as a precondition for the production of knowledge / Thomas A. C. Reydon
505 0 _aHow do medical researchers make causal inferences? / Olaf Dammann, Ted Poston, and Paul Thagard
505 0 _aHow do explanations lead to scientific knowledge? / Kevin McCain
505 0 _aWhat is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? / Henk W. de Regt and Christoph Baumberger
505 0 _aPart II. What is the nature of scientific knowledge?
505 0 _aWhat are scientific concepts? / Theodore Arabatzis
505 0 _aHow can we tell science from pseudoscience? / Stephen Law
505 0 _aHow do we know that 2 + 2 = 4? / Carrie S. I. Jenkins
505 0 _aIs scientific knowledge special? Plus ca change, plus cest la meme chose / Richard Fumerton
505 0 _aCan scientific knowledge be measured by numbers? Hanne Anderson
505 0 _aPart III. Does bias affect our access to scientific knowledge?
505 0 _aWhy do logically incompatible beliefs seem psychologically compatible? Science, pseudoscience, religion, and superstition / Andrew Shtulman and Andrew Young
505 0 _aDo our intuitions mislead us? The role of human bias in scientific inquiry / Susan A. Gelman and Kristan A. Marchale
505 0 _aCan scientific knowledge sift the Wheat from the Tares? A brief history of bias (and fears about bias) in science / Erik L. Peterson
505 0 _aWhat grounds do we have for the validity of scientific findings? The new worries about science / Janet A. Kourany
505 0 _aIs science really value free and objective? From objectivity to scientific integrity / Matthew J. Brown
505 0 _aPart IV. Is scientific knowledge limited?
505 0 _aShould we trust what our scientific theories say? / Martin Curd and Dana Tulodziecki
505 0 _aWhat are the limits of scientific explanation? / Martin Curd and Dana Tulodziecki
505 0 _aShould we accept scientism? The argument from self-referential incoherence / Sara Gottlieb and Tania Lombrozo
505 0 _aHow are the uncertainties in scientific knowledge represented in the public sphere? The genetics of intelligence as a case study / Kostas Kampourakis
650 _aScience
_xPhilosophy
690 _910999
_aScience
700 1 _aMcCain, Kevin
_eeditor
700 1 _aKampourakis, Kostas
_eeditor
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK