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DOI10.1088/1748-9326/aaa49f
Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors
Cook, John1; Ellerton, Peter2; Kinkead, David2
2018-02-01
发表期刊ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN1748-9326
出版年2018
卷号13期号:2
文章类型Article
语种英语
国家USA; Australia
英文摘要

Misinformation can have significant societal consequences. For example, misinformation about climate change has confused the public and stalled support for mitigation policies. When people lack the expertise and skill to evaluate the science behind a claim, they typically rely on heuristics such as substituting judgment about something complex (i.e. climate science) with judgment about something simple (i.e. the character of people who speak about climate science) and are therefore vulnerable to misleading information. Inoculation theory offers one approach to effectively neutralize the influence of misinformation. Typically, inoculations convey resistance by providing people with information that counters misinformation. In contrast, we propose inoculating against misinformation by explaining the fallacious reasoning within misleading denialist claims. We offer a strategy based on critical thinking methods to analyse and detect poor reasoning within denialist claims. This strategy includes detailing argument structure, determining the truth of the premises, and checking for validity, hidden premises, or ambiguous language. Focusing on argument structure also facilitates the identification of reasoning fallacies by locating them in the reasoning process. Because this reason-based form of inoculation is based on general critical thinking methods, it offers the distinct advantage of being accessible to those who lack expertise in climate science. We applied this approach to 42 common denialist claims and find that they all demonstrate fallacious reasoning and fail to refute the scientific consensus regarding anthropogenic global warming. This comprehensive deconstruction and refutation of the most common denialist claims about climate change is designed to act as a resource for communicators and educators who teach climate science and/or critical thinking.


英文关键词climate change critical thinking misinformation inoculation
领域气候变化
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000424357400002
WOS关键词REFUTATION ; SCIENCE ; TEXT
WOS类目Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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条目标识符http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/36502
专题气候变化
作者单位1.George Mason Univ, Ctr Climate Change Commun, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA;
2.Univ Queensland, Crit Thinking Project, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Cook, John,Ellerton, Peter,Kinkead, David. Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,13(2).
APA Cook, John,Ellerton, Peter,&Kinkead, David.(2018).Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,13(2).
MLA Cook, John,et al."Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13.2(2018).
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