Public science in liberal democracy /
This timely and thought-provoking collection makes an important contribution to the literature and will appeal to anyone interested in scientific research and its political and philosophical ramifications in democratic society.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science / Jene Porter and Peter W.B. Phillips
- Sect. 1. History of Public Science in Theory and Practice
- 1. Element Publicum / Larry Stewart
- 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities / Carl Mitcham
- 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy / Deborah R. Hutchinson and Richard S. Williams, Jr.
- 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate / Peter J. Cook
- Sect. 2. Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic
- 5. Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science / Robert Frodeman
- 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Dure / Gordon McOuat
- 7. Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies / Ian Jarvie
- 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered / Leon Harold Craig
- 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet / Steven Shapin
- 10. Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest? / Alan McHughen
- 11. Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments / Eric S. Sachs
- Sect. 3. Solutions to the Problems: Institutional
- 12. Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum / Grace Skogstad and Sarah Hartley
- 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking / Ross McKitrick
- 14. Technoscience in an 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore / Zaheer Baber
- 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) / Christopher D. Gerrard
- 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University / David Guston
- 17. Citizens and Biotechnology / Rahul K. Dhanda.