Why Trust Science?

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyAre 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 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, 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ottmar Edenhofer, Jon Krosnick, Marc Lange, M. Susan Lindee, Naomi Oreskes, Oreskes Naomi
• Assisted by: Stephen Macedo (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780691212265
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21226-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The University Center for Human Values Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book; popular science, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science