What is scientific knowledge? : an introduction to contemporary epistemology of science / edited by Kevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCain, Kevin, 1980- editor.

Kampourakis, Kostas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

xiv, 313 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

Part I How Is Scientific Knowledge Generated? p. 1

1 How Many Scientists Does It Take to Have Knowledge? p. 3 / Jeroen de Ridder

2 What Attitude Should Scientists Have? Good Academic Practice as a Precondition for the Production of Knowledge p. 18 / Thomas A. C. Reydon

3 How Do Medical Researchers Make Causal Inferences? p. 33 / Olaf Dammann and Ted Poston and Paul Thagard

4 How Do Explanations Lead to Scientific Knowledge? p. 52 / Kevin McCain

5 What Is Scientific Understanding and How Can It Be Achieved? p. 66 / Henk W. de Regt and Christoph Baumberger

Part II What Is the Nature of Scientific Knowledge? p. 83

6 What Are Scientific Concepts? p. 85 / Theodore Arabatzis

7 How Can We Tell Science From Pseudoscience? p. 100 / Stephen Law

8 How Do We Know That 2 + 2 = 4? p. 117 / Carrie S. I. Jenkins

9 Is Scientific Knowledge Special? Plus ça change, plus e'est la même chose p. 132 / Richard Fumerton

10 Can Scientific Knowledge Be Measured by Numbers? p. 144 / Hanne Andersen

Part III Does Bias Affect Our Access to Scientific Knowledge? p. 161

11 Why Do Logically Incompatible Beliefs Seem Psychologically Compatible? Science, Pseudoscience, Religion, and Superstition p. 163 / Andrew Shtulman and Andrew Young

12 Do Our Intuitions Mislead Us? The Role of Human Bias in Scientific Inquiry p. 179 / Susan A. Gelman and Kristan A. Marchak

13 Can Scientific Knowledge Sift the Wheat from the Tares? A Brief History of Bias (and Fears about Bias) in Science p. 195 / Erik L. Peterson

14 What Grounds Do We Have for the Validity of Scientific Findings? The New Worries about Science p. 212 / Janet A. Kourany

15 Is Science Really Value Free and Objective? From Objectivity to Scientific Integrity p. 226 / Matthew J. Brown

Part IV Is Scientific Knowledge Limited? p. 243

16 Should We Trust What Our Scientific Theories Say? p. 245 / Martin Curd and Dana Tulodziecki

17 What Are The Limits Of Scientific Explanation? p. 260 / Sara Gottlieb and Tania Lombrozo

18 Should We Accept Scientism? The Argument from Self-Referential Incoherence p. 274 / Rik Peels

19 How Are the Uncertainties in Scientific Knowledge Represented in the Public Sphere? The Genetics of Intelligence as a Case Study p. 288 / Kostas Kampourakis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: What is scientific knowledge?

ISBN:

9781138570160

1138570168

9781138570153

113857015X

OCLC:

1084503625