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Scientific claims are constitutive of common sense about health
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2019
Abstract
Endorsing the view that commonsense conceptions are shaped by scientific claims provides an explanation for why microbiota-gut-brain (MGB) research might become incorporated into commonsense notions of health. But scientific claims also shape notions of personal identity, which accounts for why they can become entrenched in common sense even after they have been refuted by science.
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