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 InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018?]
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Uniform titleScience and democracy (John Benjamins Publishing Company)
SeriesControversies, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia ; John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018?] 9789027200747
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LCCN 2018016997
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