LEGAL AND POPULAR CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE

MCLARTY, Colin S., Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, cxm7@case.edu

Legal decisions in cases dealing with creationism often rely in part on how science is defined or what is accepted by scientists as constituting science as a field of knowledge. Popular notions of science often clash with both the legal understanding of science and that of scientists. The public often confuses concepts of mathematical proof with standards of scientific practice. This paper will offer comparisons of popular, legal, and practitioners' views.

Session No. 34

T18. Countering Creationism in the Classroom

Friday, 21 April 2006: 1:00 PM-5:40 PM

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 38, No. 4, p.72

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North-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (20–21 April 2006)

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