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Why democracies need science, Harry Collins and Robert Evans
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- Summary
- We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution The Owls that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 194 pages
- Contents
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- Part I. Introduction. 1. Science as a moral choice
- Part II. Elective modernism. 2. Choosing science ; 3. Elective modernism, democracy and science
- Part III. Academic context. 4. Elective modernism in context ; 5. Institutional innovations
- Part IV. Manifesto. 6. Elective modernism and democracy
- Isbn
- 9781509509607
- Label
- Why democracies need science
- Title
- Why democracies need science
- Statement of responsibility
- Harry Collins and Robert Evans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution The Owls that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Collins, H. M.
- Dewey number
- 338.9/26
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC423
- LC item number
- .C6478 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Evans, Robert
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Democracy and science
- Science
- Science and state
- Democracy and science
- Science and state
- Science
- Demokratie
- Wissenschaft
- Wissenschaftsförderung
- Label
- Why democracies need science, Harry Collins and Robert Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-189) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction. 1. Science as a moral choice -- Part II. Elective modernism. 2. Choosing science ; 3. Elective modernism, democracy and science -- Part III. Academic context. 4. Elective modernism in context ; 5. Institutional innovations -- Part IV. Manifesto. 6. Elective modernism and democracy
- Control code
- 956395600
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- viii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781509509607
- Lccn
- 2016038437
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027275998
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956395600
- Label
- Why democracies need science, Harry Collins and Robert Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-189) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction. 1. Science as a moral choice -- Part II. Elective modernism. 2. Choosing science ; 3. Elective modernism, democracy and science -- Part III. Academic context. 4. Elective modernism in context ; 5. Institutional innovations -- Part IV. Manifesto. 6. Elective modernism and democracy
- Control code
- 956395600
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- viii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781509509607
- Lccn
- 2016038437
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027275998
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956395600
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