James LancasterJames Lancaster

James A. T. Lancaster is an intellectual historian who received his PhD from the Warburg Institute in the University of London. He is currently a UQ Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) and Affiliate Academic in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI) at the University of Queensland.

Just because it looks like common sense, doesn’t mean there’s scientific evidence

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The term ‘evidence’ has a fascinating linguistic and social history – and it’s a good reminder that even today the truth of scientific evidence depends on it being presented in a convincing way, writes James A T Lancaster As recent climate change scepticism shows, the fortunes of scientific evidence can be swayed by something as fleeting … Read more