Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust? (Elements in the Philosophy of Science) - Softcover

Contessa, Gabriele

 
9781009625296: Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust? (Elements in the Philosophy of Science)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1009625292 ISBN 13: 9781009625296
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Over the last couple of decades, there has been increasing concern about the alleged rise of various forms of science denial. But what exactly is science denial? Is it really on the rise? If so, what explains its rise? And what is so concerning about it? This Element argues that the notion of science denial is highly ambiguous and that, once we carefully distinguish among all the different phenomena that are often conflated under this label, it is doubtful that any of them warrants all of the concerns that animate the critics of science denial. This has important consequences for how we understand the complex and delicate relationship between science and the public and, more generally, the collective epistemic malaise afflicting liberal democracies.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009625292
ISBN 13 
9781009625296
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
75