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005    20160610084756.0 
008    150324s2015    enk      b    001 0 eng   
010      2015011610 
020    9781107069619|q(hardback) 
020    1107069610|q(hardback) 
020    9781107692367|q(paperback) 
020    1107692369|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)907060591 
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042    pcc 
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050 00 Q175|b.H3245 2015 
082 00 501|223 
092    501|bH282C 
100 1  Harker, David|q(David W.),|eauthor. 
245 10 Creating scientific controversies :|buncertainty and bias 
       in science and society /|cDavid Harker. 
264  1 Cambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|c2015. 
300    ix, 260 pages ;|c26 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction : scientific authority and the created 
       controversy -- Lessons from the philosophy of science -- 
       Defining science and the empiricist approach -- Challenges
       for the naïve empiricist -- A revolution in how we think 
       about sciences -- Sciences as historically and socially 
       situated -- Points to remember : part I -- Biases, 
       arguments and created controversies -- Inherent 
       irrationality: cognitive biases and heuristics -- Thinking
       more clearly : arguments, reasoning and informal fallacies
       -- Created controversies and how to detect them -- Points 
       to remember : part II -- Exposing created controversies --
       Environmental scare : the case of anthropogenic climate 
       change -- Sciences, religion and an intelligently designed
       controversy? -- Issues of public health: aids, autism and 
       gmos -- Points to remember : part III -- Concluding 
       remarks. 
650  0 Science|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Skepticism. 
650  7 Science|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108336 
650  7 Skepticism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01119940 
650  7 Philosophie.|0(DE-588)4045791-6|2gnd 
650  7 Wissenschaft.|0(DE-588)4066562-8|2gnd 
650  7 Skeptizismus.|0(DE-588)4055225-1|2gnd 
650  7 Wissenschaftstheorie.|0(DE-588)4117665-0|2gnd 
650  7 Wissenschaftssoziologie.|0(DE-588)4066611-6|2gnd 
650  7 Naturvetenskap|xteori, filosofi.|2sao 
650  7 Filosofi och naturvetenskap.|2sao 
650  7 Skepticism.|2sao 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://
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       b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy1512/2015011610-d.html 
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