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"Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "fake news," from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into info…
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The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire. Defenders of science often point to its discoveries (penicillin! relativity!) without explaining exactly why scientific clai…
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Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior
"A Bradford book."Why the prejudice against adopting a scientific attitude in the social sciences is creating a new "Dark Ages" and preventing us from solving the perennial problems of crime, war, and poverty.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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On disinformation :how to fight for truth and protect democracy
"A manifesto on how to defend truth and reality against Trumpism, post truth, and disinformation campaigns"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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How to talk to a science denier
"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims-including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives-and what he learned from the experience"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The scientific attitude :defending science from denial, fraud, and pseudoscie…
An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is "only a theory," and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians…
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Philosophy of Chemistry; Growth of a New Discipline
Sekarang sudah tepat 10 tahun sejak edisi pertama jilid ini, Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline (Springer 2006 – - diedit bersama dengan Davis Baird - pertama kali muncul sebagai Jilid 242 dari Boston Studies in the Philosophy of seri Sains. Pada saat itu, filsafat kimia masih menjadi bidang yang sedang berkembang. Secara kebetulan juga sudah 20 tahun sejak kedua editor ji…
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- 978-94-017-9364-3
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