Overview
- Examines the relationships between science and democracy from an explicitly pragmatist perspective
- Argues that scientists and laypeople form a single community of inquiry, which aims at the truth
- Features many examples and case-studies
Part of the book series: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning (LARI, volume 16)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Science and Democracy
- Pragmatism science
- Value-free science
- Fact value dualism
- truth objectivity science
- Pure science
- philosophy of risk
- autonomy of science
- experts in democratic societies
- Public opinion
- Local knowledge
- moral and social inquiry
- perfectionism democracy
- Post truth science
- fake news philosophy
- Post fact science
- post truth philosophy
- post fact philosophy
- science philosophy society
- science philosophy democracy
About this book
This monograph examines the relationship between science and democracy. The author argues that there is no clear-cut division between science and the rest of society. Rather, scientists and laypeople form a single community of inquiry, which aims at the truth.
To defend his theory, the author shows that science and society are both heterogeneous and fragmented. They display variable and shifting alliances between components. He also explains how information flow between science and society is bi-directional through “transactional” processes. In other words, science and society mutually define themselves. The author also explains how science is both objective and laden with values.
Coverage includes a wide range of topics, such as: the ideal of value-free science, the is/ought divide, “thick terms” and the language of science, inductive risk, the dichotomy between pure science and applied science, constructivism and the philosophy of risk. It also looks at the concepts oftruth and objectivity, the autonomy of science, moral and social inquiry, perfectionism and democracy, and the role of experts in democratic societies.
The style is philosophical, but the book features many examples and case-studies. It will appeal to philosophers of science, those in science and technology studies as well as interested general readers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scientists, Democracy and Society
Book Subtitle: A Community of Inquirers
Authors: Pierluigi Barrotta
Series Title: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74938-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74937-2Published: 03 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09109-5Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74938-9Published: 21 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2214-9120
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9139
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 199
Topics: Social Philosophy, Media and Communication, Media Sociology, Culture and Technology, Philosophy of Science