『What is Scientific Knowledge?: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science』目次

Kevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis (eds.)
（2019年6月刊行, Routledge, New York, xiv+313 pp., ISBN:978-1-138-57015-3 [pbk] → 版元ページ）

学部1年生でも読める（と書いてある）科学認識論の論文集．

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【目次】
List of Contributors viii
Preface ［Kevin McCain and Kostas Kampourakis］ xiii

Part I: How is scientific knowledge generated? 1

1. How many scientists does it take to have knowledge? ［Jeroen de Ridder］ 3
2. What attitude should scientists have? Good academic practice as a precondition for the production of knowledge ［Thomas A.C. Reydon］ 18
3. How do medical researchers make causal inferences? ［Olaf Dammann, Ted Poston, and Paul Thagard］ 33
4. How do explanations lead to scientific knowledge? ［Kevin McCain］ 52
5. What is scientific understanding and how can it be achieved? ［Henk W. de Regt and Christoph Baumberger］ 66

Part II: What is the nature of scientific knowledge? 83

6. What are scientific concepts? ［Theodore Arabatzis］ 85
7. How can we tell science from pseudoscience? ［Stephen Law］ 100
8. How do we know that 2+2=4? ［Carrie S.I. Jenkins］ 117
9. Is scientific knowledge special? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ［Richard Fumerton］ 132
10. Can scientific knowledge by measured by numbers? ［Hanne Andersen］ 144

Part III: Does bias affect our access to scientific knowledge? 161

11. Why do logically incompatible beliefs seem psychologically compatible? Science, pseudoscience, religion, and superstition ［Andrew Shtulman and Andrew Young］ 163
12. Do our intuitions mislead us? The role of human bias in scientific inquiry ［Susan A. Gelman and Kristan A. Marchak］ 179
13. Can scientific knowledge sift the wheat from the tares? A brief history of bias (and fears about bias) in science ［Erik L. Peterson］ 195
14. What grounds do we have for the validity of scientific findings? The new worries about science ［Janet A. Kourany］ 212
15. Is science really value free and objective? From objectivity to scientific integrity ［Matthew J. Brown］ 226

Part IV: Is scientific knowledge limited? 243

16. Should we trust what our scientific theories say? ［Dana Tulodziecki and Martin Curd］ 245
17. What are the limits of scientific explanation? ［Sara Gottlieb and Tania Lombrozo］ 260
18. Should we accept scientism? The argument from self-referential incoherence ［Rik Peels］ 274
19. How are the uncertainties in scientific knowledge represented in the public sphere? The genetics of intelligence as a case study ［Kostas Kampourakis］ 288Index 306