Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

the example of Duesberg’s research
Suppose
HIV is being used to explore the value
on
disagreement in science. Consider the
of
following.
Are there different consequences to being
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in the different scientific disciplines?
wrong
example, Galileo, who studied the sky,
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have been wrong without causing the
could
What are the implications if a
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scientist is able to
dissenting
their work, for example by
disseminate
it in journals?
publishing
What are the implications if dissenting
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are silenced, for example by
scientists
stripped of their tenure and the
being
and platforms they need in
resources
Which criteria can be used to strike a
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between the right to dissent and
balance
the public from damaging
protecting
pseudo-science?
suggests that denialists can delay, but
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prevent, a scientic consensus; but that they
not
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in the mid-17th century, scientific
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have become the formal way for
journals
to share their findings and keep up to
scientists
with developments. The intention was that
date
would play a role in making science
journals
open, accountable and widely accessible.
more
articles published in scientific journals are
The
by practising scientists. The reputation
authored
a journal affects which articles appear in it and
of
many times they are cited in otherwork.
how
papers have a particular style and
Scientific
and include information about method
structure,
would help others repeat the experiment.
that
ensure quality and validity of the research, an
To
is reviewed by other scientists, in a process
article
peer-review.
called
II. Perspectives
II. Perspectives
Practising skills: Drawing
implications
denialism, and signed by over 5,000 scientists.
II.4 Disseminating scientific
knowledge
death of hundreds of thousands of people.
order to fund and share their work?
Making connections
Politics and scientic denialism
What is the impact of individuals or groups who deny
scientic evidence? A 2019 article in the journal
can prevent the public from reaching consensus by
presenting the issue as an ongoing scientic debate.
This conclusion appears consistent with examples
over the last four decades, spanning tobacco, climate
change, vaccinations and genetically modied foods.
Denialism can lead to false balance. In Chapter 2
we examine the politicization of media reports on
scientic discourse, including the problem of false
balance caused by attempts to show “both sides of
the story”, through the example of climate change.
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