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Science and democracy : controversies and conflicts / edited by Pierluigi Barrotta and Giovanni Scarafile.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Controversies ; 13.
- Controversies ; 13
- Standardized Title:
- Science and democracy (John Benjamins Publishing Company)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Political aspects--Case studies.
- Science.
- Science--Social aspects--Case studies.
- Democracy and science--Case studies.
- Democracy and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The relationship between science and democracy has become a much-debated issue. This volume explains the reasons for the interest in this, at times troublesome, relationships between science and public opinion which characterize democratic societies.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 1031040384
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