Science and the production of ignorance : when the quest for knowledge is thwarted / edited by Janet Kourany and Martin Carrier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kourany, Janet A., editor.

Carrier, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Ignorance (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

vi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2020]

Contents:

I Ignorance: A New Focus of Inquiry p. 1

1 Introducing the Issues p. 3 / Janet Kourany and Martin Carrier

2 Agnotology in Action: A Dialogue p. 27 / Peter Galison and Robert Proctor

II Ignorance as Active Construction p. 55

For Harmful Ends p. 57

3 Agnotological Challenges: How to Capture the Production of Ignorance in Science p. 59 / Martin Carrier

4 Can We Sustain Democracy and the Planet Too? p. 89 / Philip Kitcher

For Virtuous Ends p. 121

5 Might Scientific Ignorance Be Virtuous? The Case of Cognitive Differences Research p. 123 / Janet Kourany

6 Agnotology, Hermeneutical Injustice, and Scientific Pluralism: The Case of Asperger Syndrome p. 145 / Miriam Solomon

III Ignorance as Passive Construction p. 161

Focus-Generated Ignorance p. 163

7 How the Law Promotes Ignorance: The Case of Industrial Chemicals and Their Risks p. 165 / Carl F. Cranor

Framework-Centered Ignorance p. 193

8 On Knowing What One Does Not Know: ignorance and the Aims of Research p. 195 / Torsten Wilholt

9 Strong Incommensurability and Deeply Opaque Ignorance p. 219 / Paul Hoyningen-Huene

Methodology-Created Ignorance p. 243

10 A View of Scientific Methodology as a Source of ignorance in Controversies about Genetically Engineered Crops p. 245 / Hugh Lacey

Community-Based Ignorance p. 271

11 Expanding the Agnotological Toolbox: Methods of Sex and Gender Analysis p. 273 / Londa Schiebinger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262538213

0262538210

OCLC:

1099545454