This course focuses on scientific discoveries or theories that have been controversial. How do scientific controversies arise? What factors--rational, psychological, social, and political--shape the debate? How do scientific controversies end? Students learn general methods for analyzing scientific and non-scientific factors that influence the trajectory and outcome of a scientific controversy. Affiliate department: Science Technology and Society.
Seminar in Scholarly Inquiry 1
Prerequisites
Credit will not be granted to students who have received credit for SSI2 153.
Course UID
006008.1
Course Subject
Catalog Number
153
Long title
Scientific Controversies