Test the thesis presented by Oreskes and Conway in Merchants of Doubt and explore how Michael Crichton challenges or complicates the argument of Oreskes and Conway in his essay “Aliens cause global warming”.
Your essays should weigh the evidence and acknowledge what Oreskes and Conway have convincingly argued about the origins of climate-change denial while exploring the limitations of their ideas. Your papers also should use the cases to carefully wrestle with the logic, evidence, and analysis of the theory and use the case studies to highlight whether—and if so how—Oreskes and Conway make
limited or problematic conclusions.
Ultimately, you will be using the case to show us something new about the theory of Oreskes and Conway. Your essay should
introduce a complication into the theory;
help us understand a limitation to the theory;
lead us to redefine an important part of the theory;
refute or counter the theory;
or give us some other important new understanding of the theory.
The essay should be five to six pages double spaced and should cite sources using MLA style.
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