Nonsense on stilts : how to tell science from bunk / Massimo Pigliucci.
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : science versus pseudoscience and the "demarcation problem"
- Hard science, soft science
- Almost science
- Pseudoscience
- Blame the media?
- Debates on science : the rise of think tanks and the decline of public intellectuals
- Science and politics : the case of global warming
- Science in the courtroom : the case against intelligent design
- From superstition to natural philosophy
- From natural philosophy to modern science
- The science wars I : do we trust science too much?
- The science wars II : do we trust science too little?
- Who's your expert?
- Conclusion : so, what is science after all?