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Index
Academic freedom bills, 24, 176–178, 245n85
Achinstein, Peter, 50, 209n6, 218n7
Act 590 (1981), 16–17, 23, 175–176. See also Intelligent design theory (ID)
Adams, John Couch, 31
AIDS, 236n17, 239n3, 241n29
Anesthesia, 52–53, 115, 119–120, 123–124, 233n23
Asch, Solomon, 102, 239n5
Astrology, 12, 17, 22, 66–67, 69–70, 153, 174, 175, 210n15, 222n8
Astronomy, 31–32, 147–148, 218n11
Bacon, Francis, 59–61
Behavioral economics, 84, 85, 188
Bias
backfire effect and, 240n27
cognitive bias, 81–82, 84–85, 91, 112–113, 142, 150–152, 158, 163, 198–199, 226nn26–27
confirmation bias, 84–85, 102, 103, 104, 112–113, 152, 163, 219n23, 229n62,
231n97
selection bias, 144, 145, 248n23
social conformity and, 239n5
Biconditional relationship, 66–67, 135, 195, 221n2
Black swan example, 14–15, 30
Bloodletting, 116–119
Bode, Johann, 37–38, 39, 40, 74, 203, 214n16
Bode’s law, 37–38, 39, 40, 74, 203, 214n16
Boudry, Maarten
limits of science, 223nn18–19
nonscience, pseudoscience, unscience and, 26–27, 71, 213n45, 224n28, 224n32
normative issues, 26–27
on problem of demarcation, 24, 26–28, 208n7, 213n45, 224n28, 224n32
scientism and, 224n28
territorial problem, the, 26–27, 213n45, 224n28
Bretz, J Harlan, 166–173, 175, 243n62, 243nn52–53
Bright, Liam, 236n12
Bynum, William, 116–117, 122
Catastrophism, 166–168, 172
Certainty
fallibilism doctrine and, 42–43, 157, 216n30, 216n32
inductive reasoning and, 12
truth and, 29–34
Chain, Ernst, 128–129, 130
Cherry picking, 49, 82, 111, 153–154, 162–163, 173, 188, 218n5, 240n7
Childbed fever theory, 52–57, 120, 155, 169, 171, 191, 198, 224n34, 247n13
Choice, paradox of, 196, 197–198
Cioffi, Frank, 22
Climate change, 1–2, 5–6, 24, 156, 159–165, 177, 198–199, 241n31, 242n41, 242n43
Cognitive bias, 81–82, 84–85, 91, 112–113, 142, 150–152, 158, 163, 198–199, 226nn26–27
Cold fusion debacle, 56–57, 100–105, 111, 141, 229n62
Collectivity, 89–91
Confirmation
confirmation bias, 84–85, 102, 103, 104, 112–113, 152, 163, 219n23, 229n62, 231n97
verification vs., 33–34, 42, 163
Conspiracy theories. See also Denialism
climate change and, 159–165
denialism and, 151, 154–155, 158
Conway, Erik, 159, 241n31
Corroboration, 33, 42, 214nn8–9
Creationism, 16–17, 23–24, 73, 175–180, 222n14, 224n23, 244n69, 244n76. See also Intelligent design theory (ID)
Cruz, Ted, 1, 160–162, 165, 170
CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal; now Committee for Skeptical Inquiry), 153–154