Science and the Public: Debate, Denial, and Skepticism

Abstract: When the scientific method yields discoveries that imperil people’s lifestyle or worldviews or impinge on corporate vested interests, the public and political response can be anything but favorable. Sometimes the response slides into overt denial of scientific facts, although this denial is often claimed to involve “skepticism”. We outline the distinction between true skepticism and denial with several case studies. We propose some guidelines to enable researchers to differentiate legitimate critical engagement from bad-faith harassment, and to enable members of the public to pursue their skeptical engagement and critique without such engagement being mistaken for harassment. https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/4965

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Science and the Public: Debate, Denial, and Skepticism ; volume:4 ; number:2 ; day:30 ; month:11 ; year:2016 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 4, Heft 2 (30.11.2016)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Lewandowsky, Stephan ; Mann, Michael E. ; Brown, Nicholas J. L. ; Friedman, Harris

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v4i2.604
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004381945114733
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:39 MESZ