Anti-science Research Articles

The religious potential of ‘trusting’. A response to Luiker’s ‘The anti-science in the culture of group analysis’ parts one and two

The religious potential of ‘trusting’. A response to Luiker’s ‘The anti-science in the culture of group analysis’ parts one and two

Response to ‘The anti-science in the culture of group analysis: Parts 1 and 2’ by Henry Luiker

Response to ‘The anti-science in the culture of group analysis: Parts 1 and 2’ by Henry Luiker

George Eliot and Jonathan Swift

Étonnamment peu d’études critiques ont porté sur l’influence de Jonathan Swift sur la littérature victorienne. Cet article est fondé sur l’idée que Swift est l’un des intertextes importants, quoique sous-estimés, des œuvres de George Eliot, notamment dans son dernier ouvrage, Les Impressions de Théophraste Untel . Certaines références explicites ou allusions indirectes dans son œuvre de fiction, ainsi que certaines mentions dans ses notes de travail, ses journaux et sa correspondance, montrent qu’Eliot connaissait et appréciait l’œuvre de Swift, en particulier Le conte du tonneau et les Voyages de Gulliver . Se pencher sur Swift permet d’expliquer certains aspects originaux de son écriture, tels que son penchant anti-scientifique ou sa tendance à la satire. Des travaux récents ont étudié la présence des animaux chez Eliot à partir des notions darwiniennes ; cependant, une analyse de l’influence du quatrième livre des Voyages de Gulliver sur son écriture permet de mieux comprendre ses représentations des animaux, en général, mais aussi son utilisation de la satire et de la fable, en particulier dans Les Impressions de Théophraste Untel .

The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience.

The physician-scientist: defending vaccines and combating antiscience.

Forty years (1978-2018) of vaccination policies in Italy.

Forty years (1978-2018) of vaccination policies in ItalyThe paper traces the evolution of vaccination policies in Italy in the first 40 years of the National Health Service. Four phases have been identified: the first (1978-98) characterized by the eradication of smallpox, the hopes of further eradications and the introduction of hepatitis B and acellular antipertussis vaccines; the second (1999-2008) coincided with the first national vaccination plans and with the hypothesis of a progressive transition from mandatory vaccinations to nudging initiatives with the relevant experimentation in the Veneto Region; the third phase (2009-14) was characterized by the spread of health information on the web and social networks, by anti-scientific judgments and by an increasingly vaccines hesitancy that led to incorrect perceptions, falls in coverage rates and re-ignition of some epidemics; in the last phase (2015-18) there was a strong political committment that led to the approval of the National Plan (PNPV) 2017-19, to the extension of the mandatory vaccinations and to the sanctions against the anti-vaxxers doctors. This has led to a rapid rise in coverage, but also to a heated political and media debate on the ethical and social aspects linked to the admission bans and sancions of unvaccinated children in schools. (www.actabiomedica.it)Riassunto. Il lavoro ripercorre l’evoluzione delle politiche vaccinali in Italia nei primi 40 anni del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale. Sono state identificate quattro fasi: la prima (1978-98) caratterizzata dall’eradicazione del vaiolo, dalle speranze di ulteriori eradicazioni e dall’introduzione dei vaccini antiepatite B e antipertosse acellulare; la seconda (1999-2008) è coincisa con i primi piani vaccinali nazionali e con l’ipotesi di un progressivo passaggio dall’obbligo all’adesione consapevole, segnata dall’importante sperimentazione della Regione Veneto; la terza fase (2009-14) è stata caratterizzata dalla diffusione dell’informazione sanitaria su web e social, da sentenze giudiziarie antiscientifiche e da una sempre più diffusa vaccine hesitancy che hanno portato a errate percezioni, cali generalizzati delle coperture e riaccensione di focolai epidemici; nell’ultima fase (2015-18) c’è stata una reazione delle istituzioni che ha portato all’approvazione del PNPV 2017-19, all’estensione degli obblighi vaccinali e a sanzioni contro i medici antivaccinisti. Ciò ha portato ad un rapido rialzo delle coperture ma anche ad un acceso dibattito politico e mediatico sugli aspetti etici e sociali legati alle sanzioni e ai divieti di ammissione dei bambini non vaccinati nelle scuole.

Preventing the Anti-Science Blight

Preventing the Anti-Science Blight

Are Republicans really the anti-science party?

Are Republicans really the anti-science party?

Science left behind: feel-good fallacies and the rise of the anti-scientific Left

Science left behind: feel-good fallacies and the rise of the anti-scientific Left

The march of anti-scientific revolution

The march of anti-scientific revolution

Anti-science: It Comes From the Top

Anti-science: It Comes From the Top

New evidence on antiscience: Parents' vaccine-advice rejections quantified

New evidence on antiscience: Parents' vaccine-advice rejections quantified

Science and Anti-Science

Science and Anti-Science

The Politics and Philosophy of Anti-Science

The Politics and Philosophy of Anti-Science

Between Science and Anti-science: a Response to Glen A. Love

Between Science and Anti-science: a Response to Glen A. Love

Science or anti-science?

This article discusses the phenomenon of anti-science, using anti-fluoridationism as an example.

Science, Anti-science, and Ecocriticism

Science, Anti-science, and Ecocriticism

Environmental anti-science

Environmental anti-science

From Pro-science to Anti-Science - And Where Next

From Pro-science to Anti-Science - And Where Next

Academic Anti-Science

Academic Anti-Science

Now chemists hit at Smithsonian's 'anti-science' exhibit

Now chemists hit at Smithsonian's 'anti-science' exhibit