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The Natural Fallacy in a Post‐Truth era
Author(s) -
RP Alves Mariana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201949859
Subject(s) - post truth , fallacy , natural (archaeology) , environmental ethics , philosophy , epistemology , political science , politics , history , law , archaeology
The natural sciences are not immune to societal values and beliefs. Understanding the interference of these factors is key to protect science from becoming a servant to opportunistic interests.