Rethinking the BSE Crisis A Study of Scientific Reasoning under Uncertainty /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cummings, Louise (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Epistemology.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Philosophy of Science.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

In 1986, the emergence of a novel brain disease in British cattle presented a unique challenge to scientists. How that challenge was addressed has been the subject of a public inquiry and numerous academic studies conducted to date. However, none of these investigations has sought to examine the rea...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• 1. BSE – A LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• 1.3 The BSE Knowledge Problem
• Notes
• 2 THE SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The Current Paradigm in Epidemiology
• 2.3 Early Epidemiological Investigations
• Notes
• 3 ARGUING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Presumption and Science
• 3.3 Presumption and Uncertainty Management
• 3.4 Presumption, Reasoning and Fallacies
• Notes
• 4 GOOD ARGUMENTS DURING THE BSE INQUIRY
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 The Early Years: 1986 to 1989
• 4.3 Summary
• Notes
• 5 THE UNRAVELLING OF AN ARGUMENTATIVE STRATEGY
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The Middle Years: 1989 to 1994
• 5.3 Summary
• Notes
• 6 AN UNCHALLENGEABLE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 The Final Years: 1994-1996
• 6.3 Summary
• Notes
• 7 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN THE BSE INQUIRY
• 7.1 Introduction.-7.2 Reasoning and Non-Scientific Interests in the BSE Inquiry
• 7.3 Summary
• Notes
• 8 LEARNING THE LESSONS OF THE BSE CRISIS
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 A Model of Reasoning in Scientific Inquiry
• 8.3 The Model, Risk Analysis and Public Health Science
• 8.4 Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.