Dogmatism in Science and Medicine : How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth

Bauer, Henry H.

McFarland & Co Inc（2012/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 301 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786463015
• DDC分類 501

Full Description

The nature of scientific activity has changed dramatically over the last half century, and the objectivity and rigorous search for evidence that once defined it are being abandoned. Increasingly, this text argues, dogma has taken the place of authentic science.

This study examines how conflicts of interest--both institutional and individual--have become pervasive in the science world, and also explores the troubling state of research funding and flaws of the peer-review process. It looks in depth at the dominance of several specific theories, including the Big Bang cosmology, human-caused global warming, HIV as a cause of AIDS, and the efficacy of anti-depressant drugs. In a scientific environment where distinguished experts who hold contrary views are shunned, this book is an important contribution to the examination of scientific heterodoxies.

Contents

Table of Contents

List of Figures     

List of Tables     

Preface     

Introduction     

1. Three Prominent Knowledge Monopolies and Research Cartels     

2. Common Features of Knowledge Monopolies     

3. A Public Act of Censorship: Elsevier and Medical Hypotheses     

4. More Cartels and Hegemonies     

5. Knowledge Monopolies as a New Phenomenon in Science     

6. How Science Became Reliable, and Why It No Longer Is     

7. Public Knowledge About Science     

8. Official Reports Are Not Scientific Publications     

9. 21st-Century Science: Post-Modern, with Knowledge Monopolies     

10. Consequences     

11. Can 21st-Century Science Become Trustworthy Again?     

Bibliography     

Index