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Reasoning and Public Health: New Ways of Coping with Uncertainty

This book argues that in order to be truly effective, public health must embrace a group of reasoning strategies that have traditionally been characterized as informal fallacies. It will be demonstrated that these strategies can facilitate judgements about complex public health issues in contexts of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cummings, Louise (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter One: The Challenge for Public Health
  • Chapter Two: Philosophy and Public Health
  • Chapter Three: Argument from Ignorance
  • Chapter Four: Argument from Authority
  • Chapter Five: Argument from Analogy
  • Chapter Six: Circular Argument
  • Chapter Seven: Fallacies in Public Health
  • Chapter Eight: Theory of Public Health Reasoning
  • Bibliography
  • Index.