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Disagreeing despite the data : the destruction of the factual commons / David Apgar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Apgar, David, author.
- Series:
- Collective studies in knowledge and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Belief and doubt.
- Skepticism.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 139 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on twentieth-century philosophy of science and language, this book identifies three requirements for widespread factual agreement: a pervasive habit of checking assumptions, densely connected communities, and projects that straddle those communities. When communities are insulated from each other, belief segregation follows"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Apgar, David. Disagreeing despite the data
- ISBN:
- 9781666958249
- 1666958247
- OCLC:
- 1437889067
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