Ignorance and Science: Dilemmas, Perspectives, and Prospects.

Smithson, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ474715

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Publication Date: 1993

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Ignorance and Science: Dilemmas, Perspectives, and Prospects.

Smithson, Michael

Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, v15 n2 p133-56 Dec 1993

Discusses scientific ignorance and uncertainty. Highlights include approaching knowledgeable ignorance, including a taxonomy of ignorance and uncertainty frameworks and measures; social constructivism, subjectivity, and scientific realism; strategies for working with scientific ignorance; and frameworks for ignorance representation. (Contains 43 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Classification, Measurement Techniques, Realism, Scientific and Technical Information

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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