Science and democracy : controversies and conflicts /

The relationship between science and democracy has become a much-debated issue. In recent years, we have even seen an exponential growth in literature on the subject. No doubt, the interest has partly been justified by the concern of public opinion over the technological repercussions of scientific...

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Other Authors: Barrotta, Pierluigi (Editor), Scarafile, Giovanni (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018?]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789027264046
902726404X
ISSN:1574-1583 ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The dam project : who are the experts? : a philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster / Pierluigi Barrotta and Eleonora Montuschi
  • Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts / Istvssn Danka
  • Rethinking the notion of public : a pragmatist account / Roberto Gronda
  • The expert you are (not) : citizens, experts and the limits of science communication / Selene Arfini and Tommaso Bertolotti
  • Decisions without scientists? : two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary / Anna Petschner
  • Save the planet, win the election : a paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump / Aviram Sariel
  • Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes / Oded Balaban
  • The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra Project / Giovanni Scarafile and Maria Elena Latino
  • The political use of science : the historical case of Soviet cosmology / Mauro Stenico
  • The dialectical legacy of epigenetics / Flavio D'abramo.