Science, Freedom, Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hartl, Péter; Tuboly, Adam Tamas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The contributors utilize various approaches to address this timely subject, including historical studies, philosophical analysis, and sociological case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000345407
• Artikelnr.: 60968089

Autorenporträt

Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology and the history of philosophy (Hume, Michael Polanyi). He published papers on Polanyi, Hume, and modal epistemology. He co-edited "The Value of Truth" special issue for Synthese. His monograph on Hume is under contract. Adam Tamas Tuboly is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group, and a research fellow at the Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, Medical School, University of Pécs. He works on the history of logical empiricism and has edited numerous volumes on it.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Science, Freedom, Democracy: Introduction
Péter Hartl and Adam Tamas Tuboly
Part I. Academic Freedom and Other Values in Science and Society
2. Michael Polanyi's Post-Critical Vision of Science and Society
Phil Mullins
3. The Ethos of Science and Central Planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on
the Autonomy of Science
Péter Hartl
4. Scientific Freedom and Social Responsibility
Heather Douglas
5. Bacon's Promise
Janet Kourany
Part II: Democracy and Citizen Participation in Science
6. Which Science, Which Democracy, and Which Freedom?
Hans Radder
7. Participatory Democracy and Multi-Strategic Research
Hugh Lacey
8. Public Opinion, Democratic Legitimacy, and Epistemic Compromise
Dustin Olson
Part III: Freedom and Pluralism in Scientific Methodology and Values
9. Are Transparency and Representativeness of Values Hampering Scientific
Pluralism?
Jeroen Van Bouwel
10. Max Weber's Value-Judgment and the Problem of Science Policy-making
Lidia Godek