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Governance of Science Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Steve Fuller; Fuller
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Most of the debilitating effects of political regimes come from people feeling they cannot either admit their own errors or reveal the errors of others - that is, unless the errors are minor ones.
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- Title Governance of Science
- Author Steve Fuller; Fuller
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 186
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Open University Press, Buckingham
- Date May 2000
- ISBN 9780335202348 / 0335202349
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.02 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Philosophy, Science - Social aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99039402
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.483
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The Governance of Science Ideology and the Future of the Open Society (Issues in Society)
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**very mild wear on the top of the cover**What does social and political theory have to say about the role of science in society?* Do scientists and other professional enquirers have an unlimited 'right to be wrong'?* What are the implications of capitalism and multiculturalism for the future of the university?This ground-breaking text offers a fresh perspective on the governance of science from the standpoint of social and political theory. Science has often been seen as the only institution that embodies the elusive democratic ideal of the 'open society'. Yet, science remains an elite activity that commands much more public trust than understanding, even though science has become increasingly entangled with larger political and economic issues. Fuller proceeds by rejecting liberal and communitarian ideologies of science, in favour of a 'republican' approach centred on 'the right to be wrong'. He shows how the recent scaling up of scientific activity has undermined the republican ideal. The… Read More
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