Scientific literacy and the myth of the scientific method

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Scientific literacy : Definitions ; Measures ; Achieving scientific literacy ; What would this measured scientific literacy be good for? ; Do we want education or indoctrination? ; What should everyone learn about science?

The so-called scientific method : Are chemists not scientists? ; Is anyone a scientist? ; Diverse aspects of science ; Scientists are human ; Genesis of the myth ; The epitome of science ; From myth to ideal

How science really works : Cooperative action in science: the jigsaw puzzle ; Cooperative action in science: the filter ; The scientific method versus the filter ; Discarding the myth of the scientific method

Other fables about science : Science deals in facts ; Successful prediction proves a theory right ; Science is (or should be) open-minded ; Scientists should... ; Science is self-correcting ; Great scientists can speak for science

Imperfections of the filter : Objectivity versus consensus ; Human characteristics ; Conflicts of interest ; Support of science ; Scientific communities ; Bias and progress in science

Consequences of misconception : Frontier science and textbook science ; Science and technology ; Social and behavioral science

In praise of science : Vive la diffe ́rence! ; Science is not scientism ; Scientific literacy and education in science ; The scientific method as an ideal