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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction Science versus Pseudoscience and the “Demarcation Problem”
CHAPTER 1 Frustrating Conversations
CHAPTER 2 Hard Science, Soft Science
CHAPTER 3 Almost Science
CHAPTER 4 Pseudoscience
CHAPTER 5 Blame the Media?
CHAPTER 6 Debates on Science: The Rise of Think Tanks and the Decline of Public Intellectuals
CHAPTER 7 From Superstition to Natural Philosophy
CHAPTER 8 From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science
CHAPTER 9 The Science Wars I: Do We Trust Science Too Much?
CHAPTER 10 The Science Wars II: Do We Trust Science Too Little?
CHAPTER 11 The Problem and the (Possible) Cure: Scientism and Virtue Epistemology
CHAPTER 12 Who’s Your Expert?
Conclusion So, What Is Science after All?
Notes
Index