Medical Nihilism by Stegenga, Jacob

Medical Nihilism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198747048)

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Medical Nihilism by Stegenga, Jacob

Medical Nihilism

$31.99
Medical Nihilism by Stegenga, Jacob

Medical Nihilism

$31.99
Format: Hardcover
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This book argues that if we consider the ubiquity of small effect sizes in medicine, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods, and if we employ our best inductive framework, then our confidence in medical interventions ought to be low.

Author: Jacob Stegenga
ISBN-10: 0198747047
ISBN-13: 9780198747048
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d

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Choice 12/01/2018
By Jacob Stegenga
By Jacob Stegenga
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Jacob Stegenga is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego, and he has held fellowships at the University of Toronto and the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University. His research focuses on philosophy of science, including methodological problems of medical research, conceptual questions in evolutionary biology, and fundamental topics in reasoning and rationality.

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