Les sciences face aux créationnismes
Ré-expliciter le contrat méthodologique des chercheurs
Science Up Against Creationisms
Re-explaining the methodological contract
The author examines the strategies of pseudo-scientific arguments, from negationist creationisms to philosophical creationisms which call on the scientific community to participate in a "quest for meaning". Through the theory of evolution and its appropriation by the public, the book raises the issue of scientificity criteria.
Release : 11/01/2012
Nb of pages : 176
Format : 12 x 19
Reference : 02293
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Sciences en questions
Are scientific theories a matter of opinion? Does the validity of a result or scientific theory stem from the convenience of the public? Does public power dictate what is true or false to the sciences? Have politics been seen to give an opinion on the theory of the atom, the continental drift or the string theory? So, what problem does the theory of evolution pose?
The author examines the strategies of pseudo-scientific arguments, from negationist creationisms to philosophical creationisms which call on the scientific community to participate in a "quest for meaning". Through the theory of evolution and its appropriation by the public, the book raises the issue of scientificity criteria.
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