Reasonable Doubt
The Crisis of Trust in Science
$83.17
- Hardcover
392 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2027
Summary
How to know when science is trustworthy and when it is not
We’re often told to “trust the science”—but is science really trustworthy? In Reasonable Doubt, Edouard Machery and John Doris argue that, surprisingly, it is often untrustworthy, with findings that can’t be replicated, empirical support lacking, and self-correction failing. Drawing on their expertise in cognitive science and social psychology, they show that the vagaries of the human mind and scienti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691296043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691296049 |
| Author: | Edouard Machery, John M. Doris |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Edouard Machery
Edouard Machery is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the director of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Doing Without Concepts, Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds, and Health and Disease: Experimental Philosophy of Medicine.
John M. Doris is the Peter L. Dyson Professor of Ethics in Organizations and Life at Cornell University. He is the author of Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior, Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Ignorance, and Agency, and Character Trouble: Undisciplined Essays on Moral Agency and Personality.
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