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Zusatztext It is hard to find anyone who has done more to apply philosophy of science to correct injustice than Shrader-Frechette. This book gathers together the fruits of her admirable intellectual and practical efforts over several decades, and gives them a unifying narrative capable of inspiring other philosophers of science to use their skills where they are urgently needed. For this it deserves considerable praise. Informationen zum Autor Kristin Shrader-Frechette is O'Neill Professor at University of Notre Dame, where she teaches biological sciences, environmental sciences, and philosophy of science. With degrees in mathematics and in philosophy of science, she has done three post-docs -- in biology, economics, and hydrogeology -- and served on many boards/committees of the US National Academy of Sciences and international scientific or environmental groups. The first female president of 3 professional scientific associations, she has had her scientific research (on quantitative risk assessment in radiobiology, biostatistics, and energy modeling) funded for 27 years by the US National Science Foundation. Author of more than 400 articles and 16 books, including Taking Action, Saving Lives (2007, Oxford University), she writes for both scientific and medical journals.Her books and articles have been translated into 13 languages and also appear in popular newspapers and magazines. In 2004 Shrader-Frechette became only the third American to win the World Technology Award in Ethics. In 2007, she was named one of 12 "Heroes for the US and the World" because of her pro-bono environmental-justice (EJ) work with minority and poor communities. In 2011, Tufts University gave her the Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award for her pro-bono public-health and EJ Work. Klappentext This is the first book on practical philosophy of science and how to practically evaluate scientific findings that have life-and-death consequences. Showing how to uncover scores of scientific flaws typically used by special interests who try to justify their deadly pollution this book aims to liberate the many potential victims of environmentally-induced disease and death. Zusammenfassung This is the first book on practical philosophy of science and how to practically evaluate scientific findings that have life-and-death consequences. Showing how to uncover scores of scientific flaws typically used by special interests who try to justify their deadly pollution this book aims to liberate the many potential victims of environmentally-induced disease and death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Conceptual and Logical Analysis Chapter 1: Speaking Truth to Power: Uncovering Flawed Methods, Protecting Lives and Welfare Chapter 2: Discovering Dump Dangers: Unearthing Hazards in Hydrogeology Chapter 3: Hormesis Harms: The Emperor Has No Biochemistry Clothes Chapter 4: Trading Lives for Money: Compensating Wage Differentials in Economics Section 2: Heuristic Analysis and Developing Hypotheses Chapter 5: Learning from Analogy: Extrapolating from Animal Data in Toxicology Chapter 6: Conjectures and Conflict: A Thought Experiment in Physics Chapter 7: Being a Disease Detective: Discovering Causes in Epidemiology Chapter 8: Why Statistics Is Slippery: Easy Algorithms Fail in Biology Section 3: Methodological Analysis and Justifying Hypotheses Chapter 9: Releasing Radioactivity: Hypothesis-Prediction in Hydrogeology Chapter 10: Protecting Florida Panthers: Historical-Comparativist Methods in Zoology Chapter 11: Cracking Case Studies: Why They Work in Sciences Such As Ecology Chapter 12: Uncovering Cover-up: Inference to the Best Explanation in Medicine Section 4: Values Analysis and Scientific Uncertainty Chapter 13: Value Judgments Can Kill: Expected-Utility Rules in Decision Theory Chapter 14: Understanding Uncertainty: False Negatives in Quantitative Risk Anal...
