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

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

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

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

by Henry H. Bauer
Dogmatism in Science and Medicine: How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth

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

by Henry H. Bauer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786463015
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 06/01/2012
Edition description: Original
Pages: 301
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Henry H. Bauer is professor emeritus of chemistry and science studies and dean emeritus of arts and sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The author of numerous books, including several that examine scientific heterodoxies, he lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Table of 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     
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