The ‘Alice in Wonderland’ mechanics of the rejection of (climate) science: simulating coherence by conspiracism

Synthese

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 175-196

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b   Cook, John ^b,c   Lloyd, Elisabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate science denial; Coherence; Coherence in science; Consistency; Conspiracy; Conspiratorial thinking; Global warming; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988345817     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1198-6     Document Type: Article

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