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The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science

by Gareth Leng · 2020

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Modern science is built on experimental evidence, yet scientists are often bvery selective in deciding what evidence to use and tend to disagree about how to interpret it.

About The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science

Modern science is built on experimental evidence, yet scientists are often bvery selective in deciding what evidence to use and tend to disagree about how to interpret it. In The Matter of Facts, Gareth and Rhodri Leng explore how scientists produce and use evidence. They do so to contextualize an array of problems confronting modern science that have raised concerns about its reliability: the widespread use of inappropriate statistical tests, a shortage of replication studies, and a bias in both publishing and citing "positive" results. Before these problems can be addressed meaningfully…

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