Are We All Scientific Experts Now? [electronic resource]
Harry Collins2014
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To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes,
selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of
scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science's
pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the safety of
the MMR vaccine, have dented our confidence in science.
In this provocative new book Harry Collins seeks to redeem scientific expertise,
and reasserts science's special status. Despite the messy realities of
day-to-day scientific endeavor, he emphasizes the superior moral qualities of
science, dismissing the dubious "default" expertise displayed by many of those
outside the scientific community. Science, he argues, should serve as an example
to ordinary citizens of how to think and act, and not the other way round.
Main title:
Are We All Scientific Experts Now? [electronic resource] / Harry Collins
Author:
Harry Collins, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Polity, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (140 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780745682747
Language:
English
BRN:
436082
Electronic access:
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