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<P>This book explains why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy. Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? The author offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, this timely and provocative book features a new preface by the author and critical responses by climate experts, a political scientist, a philosopher of science, and a science historian, as well as a foreword by a political theorist.</P>

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Front Cover.
More Praise for Why Trust Science?.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Preface to the Paperback.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Why Trust Science? Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science.
2: Science Awry.
3: Coda: Values in Science.
4: Comments.
5: The Epistemology of Frozen Peas: Innocence, Violence, and Everyday Trust in Twentieth-Century Science.
6: What Would Reasons for Trusting Science Be?.
7: Pascal&#x2019;s Wager Reframed: Toward Trustworthy Climate Policy Assessments for Risk Societies.
8: Comments on the Present and Future of Science, Inspired by Naomi Oreskes.
9: Response.
10: Reply.
11: Afterword.
Notes.
References.
Contributors.
Index.

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