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Cogent Science in Context

- The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas

Om Cogent Science in Context

Recent years have seen a series of intense, increasingly acrimonious debates over the status and legitimacy of the natural sciences. These ¿science wars¿ take place in the public arena--with current battles over evolution and global warming--and in academia, where assumptions about scientific objectivity have been called into question. Given these hostilities, what makes a scientific claim merit our consideration? In Cogent Science in Context, William Rehg examines what makes scientific arguments cogent--that is, strong and convincing--and how we should assess that cogency. Drawing on the tools of argumentation theory, Rehg proposes a multidimensional, context-sensitive framework both for understanding the cogency of scientific arguments and for conducting cooperative interdisciplinary assessments of the cogency of actual scientific arguments.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780262516600
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 360
  • Utgitt:
  • 19. august 2011
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 219x143x17 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 454 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 28. november 2024

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Recent years have seen a series of intense, increasingly acrimonious debates over the status and legitimacy of the natural sciences. These ¿science wars¿ take place in the public arena--with current battles over evolution and global warming--and in academia, where assumptions about scientific objectivity have been called into question. Given these hostilities, what makes a scientific claim merit our consideration? In Cogent Science in Context, William Rehg examines what makes scientific arguments cogent--that is, strong and convincing--and how we should assess that cogency. Drawing on the tools of argumentation theory, Rehg proposes a multidimensional, context-sensitive framework both for understanding the cogency of scientific arguments and for conducting cooperative interdisciplinary assessments of the cogency of actual scientific arguments.

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