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Over the last couple of decades, there has been increasing concern about the alleged rise of various forms of science denial. But what exactly is science denial? Is it really on the rise? If so, what explains its rise? And what is so concerning about it? This Element argues that the notion of science denial is highly ambiguous and that, once we carefully distinguish among all the different phenomena that are often conflated under this label, it is doubtful that any of them warrants all of the concerns that animate the critics of science denial [...]

"We build on the phenomenological sociology of knowledge and argumentation theory to distinguish different rhetorical strategies mobilized by science sceptics based on the structure of their underlying arguments and the form of denial that they espouse. In more detail, we discuss three typical challenges to scientific knowledge: "real" vs [...]

"This book sets out to demonstrate, interpret, and analyse the geometrical structures underlying classical mechanics. Through exploring the applications of these structures in the context of dissipative, autonomous, and nonautonomous conservative dynamical systems, a series of insightful exercises are developed in order to both consolidate and clarify the theoretical concepts introduced [...]