Science and democracy controversies and conflicts / [edited by] Pierluigi Barrotta, University of Pisa; Giovanni Scarafile, University of Salento.
| Other author | Barrotta, Pierluigi. |
| Other author | Scarafile, Giovanni. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018?] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Science and democracy (John Benjamins Publishing Company) |
| Series | Controversies, 1574-1583 ; Volume 13 |
| Contents | The dam project : who are the experts? : a philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster / Pierluigi Barrotta and Eleonora Montuschi -- Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts / Istvssn Danka -- Rethinking the notion of public : a pragmatist account / Roberto Gronda -- The expert you are (not) : citizens, experts and the limits of science communication / Selene Arfini and Tommaso Bertolotti -- Decisions without scientists? : two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary / Anna Petschner -- Save the planet, win the election : a paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump / Aviram Sariel -- Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes / Oded Balaban -- The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra Project / Giovanni Scarafile and Maria Elena Latino -- The political use of science : the historical case of Soviet cosmology / Mauro Stenico -- The dialectical legacy of epigenetics / Flavio D'abramo. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018?] 9789027200747 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018016997 |
| ISBN | 9789027264046 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hb ; alk. paper) |
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