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Controversy over the discovery of Haumea: José Luis Ortiz Moreno et al., Michael E. Brown et al. Sunspots: Galileo, Christoph Scheiner [12] Geoheliocentric system: Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Raimarus Ursus [13] Galilean moons: Galileo, Simon Marius [14] Prediction of Neptune: Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams
This leads the stance on certain scientific topics to be very different across the board as perceptions vary from person to person, this is the ultimate reason why scientific controversy exists, to begin with. Science-related controversies all follow similar characteristics. Conflict over personal beliefs, values, and interests; Public perception
Motivation science is a more recent field of inquiry focused on an integrative approach that tries to link insights from different subdisciplines. [9] Neurology is interested in the underlying neurological mechanisms, such as the involved brain areas and neurotransmitters. [10]
Mapping controversies (MC) is an academic course taught in science studies, [1] stemming from the writings of the French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour. [2] MC focuses exclusively on the controversies surrounding scientific knowledge rather than the established scientific facts or outcomes.
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It identifies parallels between the global warming controversy and earlier controversies over tobacco smoking, acid rain, DDT, and the hole in the ozone layer. Oreskes and Conway write that in each case "keeping the controversy alive" by spreading doubt and confusion after a scientific consensus had been reached was the basic strategy of those ...
The history of the debate from a critic's perspective is detailed by Gannon (2002). [2] Critics of evolutionary psychology include the philosophers of science David Buller (author of Adapting Minds), [3] Robert C. Richardson (author of Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology), [4] and Brendan Wallace (author of Getting Darwin Wrong: Why Evolutionary Psychology Won't Work).
Christian Science is generally considered a Christian new religious movement; however, some have called it "pseudoscience" because its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, used "science" in its name, and because of its former stance against medical science. Also, "Eddy used the term Metaphysical science to distinguish her system both from materialistic ...