Science and representative democracy : Experts and citizens / Mauro Dorato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorato, Mauro, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Language Note:

Translated from Italian.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

Mauro Dorato charts pressing debates within the philosophy of science that centre around scientific expertise, access to knowledge, consensus, debate, and decision-making. This English-language translation of Disinformazione Scientifica e Democrazia argues that the advancement of science depends on an exponential process of specialization, accompanied by the creation of technical languages that are less and less accessible to the general public. Dorato reveals how such a process must align with representative forms of democracies, in which knowledge and decision-making ought to aim at the society's general interest. Given the importance of the principle of competence, however, the role of experts as mediators of knowledge threatens the citizens' autonomy of choice. Consequently, the risk of technocratic regimes calls for new ways to increase literacy about science and its philosophical and probabilistic foundations. Stressing the conceptual conflict between pluralism and conformism, Science and Representative Democracyreveals the obstacles to the functioning of both science and democracy..

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1. How Does Science Work? Chapter 2. How Does Democracy Work? Chapter 3. Representative Democracy, Direct Democracy and Scientific Specialization Chapter 4. Scientific Disinformation and the Distrust in the Experts Chapter 5. How to Evaluate Autonomously the Opinion of Experts: Chapter 6. The Role of History and Philosophy of Science in the Science War References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350277748

1350277746

9781350277731

1350277738

9781350277755

1350277754

OCLC:

1354209206