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082 0 4 _a174/.95
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBrown, Theodore L.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aImperfect Oracle :
_bThe Epistemic and Moral Authority of Science /
_cTheodore L. Brown.
264 1 _aUniversity Park, PA :
_bPenn State University Press,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a1 online resource (352 p.)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tList of Abbreviations --
_tIntroduction --
_tI Foundations --
_t1 Authority and Autonomy --
_t2 Historical Origins of Scientific Authority --
_t3 American Science --
_t4 Scientific Authority in Contemporary Society --
_tII Science in society --
_t5 Science and the Courts --
_t6 Science and Religion --
_t7 Science and Government --
_t8 Science and the Public --
_t9 The Prospects for Scientific Authority --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aScience and its offshoot, technology, enter into the very fabric of our society in so many ways that we cannot imagine life without them. We are surrounded by crises and debates over climate change, stem-cell research, AIDS, evolutionary theory and “intelligent design,” the use of DNA in solving crimes, and many other issues. Society is virtually forced to follow our natural tendency, which is to give great weight to the opinions of scientific experts. How is it that these experts have come to acquire such authority, and just how far does their authority reach? Does specialized knowledge entitle scientists to moral authority as well? How does scientific authority actually function in our society, and what are the countervailing social forces (including those deriving from law, politics, and religion) with which it has to contend? Theodore Brown seeks to answer such questions in this magisterial work of synthesis about the role of science in society. In Part I, he elucidates the concept of authority and its relation to autonomy, and then traces the historical growth of scientific authority and its place in contemporary American society. In Part II, he analyzes how scientific authority plays out in relation to other social domains, such as law, religion, government, and the public sphere.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)
650 0 _aScience
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aScience
_xSocial aspects.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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653 _aAmerica.
653 _aBrown.
653 _aautonomy.
653 _aepistemic.
653 _aethics.
653 _agovernment.
653 _aimperfect.
653 _alaw.
653 _amoral authority.
653 _aoracle.
653 _apolitics.
653 _apower.
653 _apublic sphere.
653 _areligion.
653 _ascience.
653 _asociety.
653 _atechnology.
653 _aunited states.
653 _aus.
653 _ausa.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780271050935?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271050935
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