Well-ordered science and public trust in science
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02022-7
Abstract: AbstractBuilding, restoring and maintaining well-placed trust between scientists and the public is a difficult yet crucial social task requiring the successful cooperation of various social actors and institutions. Kitcher’s (Science in a democratic society, Prometheus… read more here.
Keywords: public trust; trust science; science; well ordered ... See more keywords
Trust in science, social consensus and vaccine confidence.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01115-7
Abstract: While scholarly attention to date has focused almost entirely on individual-level drivers of vaccine confidence, we show that macro-level factors play an important role in understanding individual propensity to be confident about vaccination. We analyse… read more here.
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Why Trust Science?—Naomi Oreskes (Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton Univ. Press, 2019, 360 pp.)
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DOI: 10.1109/mts.2022.3147522
Abstract: Anyone paying even the slightest attention to the news in the last few years would have been hard-pressed to avoid reports of wildfires, floods, hurricanes, heat waves, and other natural disasters. The severity and frequency… read more here.
Keywords: science; naomi oreskes; princeton; trust science ... See more keywords
An anchor in troubled times: Trust in science before and within the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262823
Abstract: Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been interested in factors that affect public’s trust in science. Recently, one such potentially important driving factor has emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic. Have trust in science… read more here.
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“I Did My Own Research”: Overconfidence, (Dis)trust in Science, and Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931865
Abstract: Epistemically suspect beliefs, such as endorsement of conspiracy theories or pseudoscientific claims, are widespread even among highly educated individuals. The phenomenon of conspiratorial thinking is not new, yet the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a global health… read more here.
Keywords: endorsement conspiracy; conspiracy theories; trust science;
The Role of Conspiracy Theories, Perceived Risk, and Trust in Science on COVID-19 Vaccination Decisiveness: Evidence from Cyprus
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20042898
Abstract: COVID-19 reminded us of the importance of vaccinating for successfully overcoming health-related crises. Yet, vaccine hesitancy is still present. This study examined the impacts of conspiracy theories, perceived risk, and trust in science on COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: covid; conspiracy theories; trust science;
Declared Intention to Vaccinate against COVID-19 and Actual Vaccination—The Role of Trust in Science, Conspiratorial Thinking and Religiosity
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DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11020262
Abstract: AIMS: The study aims to investigate how trust in science, conspiratorial thinking, and religiosity affected people’s declared willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 at the onset of the vaccination program in Poland, their actual vaccination, and… read more here.
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