one thing to looks at is oreskes & conway, 'merchants of doubt'. ********************** Dale Jamieson Director of Environmental Studies Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Affiliated Professor of Law Environmental Studies Program New York University 285 Mercer Street, 901 New York NY 10003-6653 Voice 212-998-5429 Fax 212-995-4157 http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu/object/dalejamieson.html
"Talk to people where they're at--not where you're at."--Saul Alinsky ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Craig <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:46 pm Subject: [gep-ed] Re: Lookinig for Climate Change "canned course" To: [email protected] > Does anyone know of 'canned' lecture notes on climate change and > anti-science sentiment in the US? > > I've got lots of technical material, but I'm light on social science. > Especially climate deniers, and connections with anti-evolutionists > and possibly history such as tobacco battles. > > A major theme will be 'whom do you trust about scientific and > technical matters, and why'. Doctors, scientists, weather reporters, > clergy, etc etc.... > > (Fred Singer, one of the most visible deniers, apparently in an > earlier incarnation denied links between smoking and cancer. There > must be a literature on this sort of thing. I'd like to make this a > part of my discussion of 'climategate') > > My target audience is retired folk -- as a part of an OLLI project > (Osher Life Long Learning Institute) at CalStateUniv East Bay CA > > Many thanks > > Paul Craig > Prof Emeritus, UCD
