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.
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.
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Are We All Scientific Experts Now?
140Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780745682044 |
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Publisher: | Polity Press |
Publication date: | 04/21/2014 |
Series: | New Human Frontiers |
Pages: | 140 |
Sales rank: | 817,352 |
Product dimensions: | 4.80(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d) |