cam a22 4500 555160890 CHVBK 20201014174747.0 180330t20182018ne a|||||b||| 001 0|eng|| 978-90-272-0074-7 hardcover 90-272-0074-2 hardcover (VAUD)991021200191602852 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023523824602851 DLC OCLCO OCLCQ ERASA OCLCA OCLCF YDX IUL RNV vdbcul Q175.5 .S3234 2018 303.48/3 23 801.53 BCUDsl CLASBCUD Science and democracy controversies and conflicts edited by Pierluigi Barrotta, Giovanni Scarafile Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2018 ©2018 viii, 198 pages illustrations 25 cm text txt unmediated n volume nc Controversies (CVS): ethics and interdisciplinarity vol. 13 Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword : like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants / Introduction : the relationship between science and democracy : harmonic and confrontational conceptions / Chapter 1. The dam project : who are the experts? : a philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster / Chapter 2. Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts / Chapter 3. Rethinking the notion of public : a pragmatist account / 4. The expert you are (not) : citizens, experts and the limits of science communication / Chapter 5. Decisions without scientists? : two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary / Chapter 6. Save the planet, win the election : a paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump / Chapter 7. Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes / Chapter 8. The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra Project / Chapter 9. The political use of science : the historical case of Soviet cosmology / Chapter 10. The dialectical legacy of epigenetics / The relationship between science and democracy has become a much-debated issue. In recent years, we have even seen an exponential growth in literature on the subject. No doubt, the interest has partly been justified by the concern of public opinion over the technological repercussions of scientific research. Moreover, there are scientific theories that, if they were accepted, would allegedly imply the adoption of policies that have wide social consequences, as well as a rethinking of deeply-rooted habits on the part of the citizens. These considerations alone allow us to understand the reasons for the interest in the, at times troublesome, relationships between science and public opinion which characterize democratic societies. Recherche ram Démocratie ram Langage scientifique et technique ram Politique publique ram Barrotta Pierluigi Scarafile Giovanni Controversies vol. 13 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved vaud s1lg rnv VAUD bcud bcud USA 54597 801.53 810010021 VAUD 490 1- Controversies (CVS): ethics and interdisciplinarity vol. 13 VAUD 700 1- Barrotta Pierluigi VAUD 700 1- Scarafile Giovanni VAUD 830 -- Controversies vol. 13 SWISSBIB 555160890