The Social Misconstruction of Reality: Validity and Verification in the Scholarly Community

by Richard F. Hamilton

Book Overview

From the time of the ancient Greeks, thinkers have known the earth is round. Yet popular legend has persisted that Columbus proved this fact for the first time, and scholarship abounds with similar perpetuated errors. Why do social misconstructions--widely shared, long-lasting acceptance of facts or interpretations that are mistaken--persist when ample evidence is readily available to counter them? How and why are corrections resisted or dismissed?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300206429
• ISBN13: 9780300206425
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"