TY - BOOK ID - 130077488 TI - Why trust science? PY - 2021 SN - 9780691212265 9780691179001 069117900X PB - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Sciences KW - Social aspects. KW - Philosophy. KW - Aspect social. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:130077488 AB - Are 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. -- ER -