Showing papers on "Antiscience published in 2003"
TL;DR: This article addresses the social construction of scientific production and the pattern of strengths and weaknesses to which it leads and offers proposals for a more holistic, integral approach to understanding and addressing environmental issues.
Abstract: Critics of the precautionary principle assail it for calling for action before science establishes unquestionably that a substance causes harm. They claim theirs is the viewpoint of the “scientific method.” But the conflict is not between science and antiscience but rather between different pathways for science and technology; between a commodified science-for-profit and a gentle science for humane goals; between the sciences of the smallest parts and the sciences of dynamic wholes. This article addresses the social construction of scientific production and the pattern of strengths and weaknesses to which it leads. The author offers proposals for a more holistic, integral approach to understanding and addressing environmental issues.
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TL;DR: There have been many other more important court decisions associated with the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools and an understanding of these decisions can help teachers answer students' questions about the teachingof evolution andcreationism.
Abstract: Although the Scopes trial remains the most famous court decision associated with the teaching of evolution, there have been many other more important court decisions associated with the teaching of evolution and creationism in public schools. An understanding of these decisions can help teachers answer students' questions about the teaching of evolution and creationism. Such an understanding can also be used to counter the antiscience attitudes and actions of creationist parents, school administrators, and colleagues.