{"product_id":"the-scientific-attitude-defending-science-from-denial-fraud-and-pseudoscience-paperback","title":"The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee McIntyre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"intelligent treatise articulates why the pursuit of scientific truths, even if inevitably flawed . . . matters\" in our post-truth world (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat separates science from other disciplines? An attitude that respects evidence and is willing to evolve as new evidence arises.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is \"only a theory,\" and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire. Defenders of science often point to its discoveries (penicillin! relativity!) without explaining exactly why scientific claims are superior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Lee McIntyre argues that what distinguishes science from its rivals is what he calls \"the scientific attitude\"--caring about evidence and being willing to change theories on the basis of new evidence. The history of science is littered with theories that were scientific but turned out to be wrong; the scientific attitude reveals why even a failed theory can help us to understand what is special about science. In this book, McIntyre explores: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Historical cases that illustrate both scientific success and failure\u003cbr\u003e - The transformation of medicine from a practice based on hunches to a science based on evidence\u003cbr\u003e - Scientific fraud and ideology-driven denialists, pseudoscientists, and \"skeptics\"\u003cbr\u003e - How social science should embrace the scientific attitude \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, McIntyre says, the grounding of science in evidence offers a uniquely powerful tool in the defense of science itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePost-Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50411857412333,"sku":"9780262538930","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-scientific-attitude-defending-science-from-denial-fraud-and-pseudoscience-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}