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by Lee McIntyre (Author)
This "intelligent treatise articulates why the pursuit of scientific truths, even if inevitably flawed . . . matters" in our post-truth world (Publishers Weekly).
What separates science from other disciplines? An attitude that respects evidence and is willing to evolve as new evidence arises.
- The transformation of medicine from a practice based on hunches to a science based on evidence
- Scientific fraud and ideology-driven denialists, pseudoscientists, and "skeptics"
- How social science should embrace the scientific attitude Ultimately, McIntyre says, the grounding of science in evidence offers a uniquely powerful tool in the defense of science itself.
Author Biography
Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior and Post-Truth, both published by the MIT Press.
Number of Pages: 296
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: April 07, 2020
