The Nature of Science-Based Controversies
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Summary, in English
The Nature of Science-based Controversies.
The following points will be presented:
1. Political and epistemological reasons for studying science-based controversies.
2. Controversies as conflicts between rival professional groups and incommensurable systems of ideas.
3. Results and discoveries emanating from case studies of science-based controversies: four examples.
4. Towards a theory of science-based controversies.
5. Relations between science-based controversies and knowledge politics.
The following points will be presented:
1. Political and epistemological reasons for studying science-based controversies.
2. Controversies as conflicts between rival professional groups and incommensurable systems of ideas.
3. Results and discoveries emanating from case studies of science-based controversies: four examples.
4. Towards a theory of science-based controversies.
5. Relations between science-based controversies and knowledge politics.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Keywords
- sociologi
- knowledge politics
- sociology
- epistemology
- scientific controversy
Conference name
Knowledge Politics, Science-Based Controversies, and Democracy, 2007
Conference date
2007-04-22 - 2007-04-27
Conference place
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Status
Unpublished