Rethinking the BSE Crisis A Study of Scientific Reasoning under Uncertainty

Rethinking the BSE Crisis A Study of Scientific Reasoning under Uncertainty / by Louise Cummings.

In 1986, the emergence of a novel brain disease in British cattle presented a unique challenge to scientists. How that challenge was addressed has been the subject of a public inquiry and numerous academic studies conducted to date. However, none of these investigations has sought to examine the rea...

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Main Author: Cummings, Louise (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Epidemiology.
Philosophy and science.
Epistemology.
Medicine.
Logic.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. BSE – A LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
  • 1.3 The BSE Knowledge Problem
  • Notes
  • 2 THE SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Current Paradigm in Epidemiology
  • 2.3 Early Epidemiological Investigations
  • Notes
  • 3 ARGUING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Presumption and Science
  • 3.3 Presumption and Uncertainty Management
  • 3.4 Presumption, Reasoning and Fallacies
  • Notes
  • 4 GOOD ARGUMENTS DURING THE BSE INQUIRY
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Early Years: 1986 to 1989
  • 4.3 Summary
  • Notes
  • 5 THE UNRAVELLING OF AN ARGUMENTATIVE STRATEGY
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The Middle Years: 1989 to 1994
  • 5.3 Summary
  • Notes
  • 6 AN UNCHALLENGEABLE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The Final Years: 1994-1996
  • 6.3 Summary
  • Notes
  • 7 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN THE BSE INQUIRY
  • 7.1 Introduction.-7.2 Reasoning and Non-Scientific Interests in the BSE Inquiry
  • 7.3 Summary
  • Notes
  • 8 LEARNING THE LESSONS OF THE BSE CRISIS
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 A Model of Reasoning in Scientific Inquiry
  • 8.3 The Model, Risk Analysis and Public Health Science
  • 8.4 Summary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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