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The Science Wars: Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology: Contemporary Issues (Prometheus)

Editat de Keith Parsons, Rebecca Long
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2003
Is science our most precious possession or has our culture elevated science into a false idol? Is technology a useful servant or a malign genie? These questions are at the center of the ôscience warsö currently being waged over the role and future of science and technology in our society.
This anthology presents the best debates on this important issue. Divided into two major sections, the first part deals with challenges to scientific knowledge, in particular its claims to objectivity and impartiality. Some conservative thinkers charge that many scientists follow a dogmatic naturalistic philosophy rather than truly objective standards of inquiry. Sociologists of knowledge claim that scientists ôconstructö scientific facts rather than ôdiscoverö them. And some feminists see patriarchal bias in traditional scientific ideals of method and rationality. Each of these claims will be presented and challenged by leading thinkers.
The second part considers current controversies over technology and the applications of science. Have computers changed the world for the better? Is high-tech medicine the answer to our health needs? Will the biotechnology revolution feed billions and cure disease or lead us into the Brave New World? Do the electronic media offer harmless entertainment or subtle enslavement?
This balanced selection of a variety of perspectives on the hotly contested role of science and technology in contemporary society will clarify this vital debate for both specialists and nonspecialists.
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ISBN-13: 9781573929943
ISBN-10: 1573929948
Pagini: 300
Dimensiuni: 163 x 226 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Prometheus Books
Seria Contemporary Issues (Prometheus)


Notă biografică

Keith Parsons (Houston, TX), is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, Clear Lake; the author of God and the Burden of Proof, among other books; and the editor of The Science Wars: Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology.