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Sommario
- Preface
- Part I. Dealing with Uncertainty
- Chapter 1 Uncertainty in Everyday Life
- Chapter 2 The Psychology of (Un)certainty
- Chapter 3 Uncertainty in Science - Isn't It a Problem?
- Chapter 4 In Science We Trust - or Don't We?
- Chapter 5 Is Scientific Rigor Declining?
- Part II. Uncertainties in Science: Some Case Studies
- Chapter 6 Uncertainties in Climate Science
- Chapter 7 Uncertainties in Vaccination
- Chapter 8 Uncertainties in Human Evolution
- Chapter 9 Uncertainties in Genetic Testing
- Chapter 10 Uncertainties in Forensic Science
- Part III. Accepting Uncertainty in Science
- Chapter 11 Uncertainty is Inherent in Science
- Chapter 12 Uncertainty in Scientific Explanation
- Chapter 13 Uncertainty in Scientific Prediction
- Chapter 14 Understanding vs. Being Certain
- Chapter 15 How Uncertainty Makes Science Advance
- Notes
- Index
Info autore
Kostas Kampourakis is the author and editor of several books about evolution, genetics, philosophy, and history of science. From 2015 to 2019 he was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science & Education. He is currently a researcher at the University of Geneva, where he also teaches at the Section of Biology and the University Institute for Teacher Education (http://kampourakis.com)
Kevin McCain is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research is primarily focused on epistemology and philosophy of science, particularly where the two intersect. He is a series editor for Routledge Studies in Epistemology and the author of numerous works in epistemology and philosophy of science.
Riassunto
Anti-evolutionists, climate denialists, and anti-vaxxers, among others, question some of the best-established scientific findings by referring to the uncertainties in these areas of research. Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance shows that uncertainty is an inherent feature of science that makes it advance by motivating further research.
