Lectures related to Manufactured controversy

Explores the analysis of scientific controversies, including rivalries between social groups, interpretive flexibility, and closure mechanisms.

Covers the method to describe controversies, focusing on actors, resources, and relationships in shaping and settling debates.

Explores interpretive flexibility and closure mechanisms in scientific controversies driven by professional interests and social groups.

Delves into Galileo's defense of the heliocentric theory against the geocentric model and the lasting impact on science and religion.