Rethinking the Bse Crisis: A Study of Scientific Reasoning Under Uncertainty

by Louise Cummings

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401784914
• ISBN13: 9789401784917
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"