2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Public Science 1
6. Section One: The History of Public Science in Theory and Practice
7. 1. The Element Publicum 23
8. 2. Science, Democracy, and Philosophy: From Marginal Achievements to Impossible Opportunities 40
9. 3. Public Geoscience at the Frontiers of Democracy 60
10. 4. Public Science, Society, and the Greenhouse Gas Debate 84
11. Section Two: Solutions to the Problems: Philosophic
12. 5. The Role of Humanities Policy in Public Science 111
13. 6. Science Studies Encounter with Public Science: Mertonian Norms, the Local Life of Science, and the Long Duré 121
14. 7. The Democratic Deficit of Science and Its Possible Remedies 135
15. 8. New Atlantis Reconsidered 149
16. 9. Expertise, Common Sense, and the Atkins Diet 174
17. 10. The Role of the Public Academic Scientist in the Twenty-first Century: Who Is Protecting the Public Interest? 194
18. 11. The Science Literacy Gap: Enabling Society to Critically Evaluate New Scientific Developments 205
19. Section Three: Solutions to the Problems: Institutional
20. 12 Science and Policymaking: The Legitimation Conundrum 215
21. 13. Bringing Balance, Disclosure, and Due Diligence into Science-Based Policymaking 239
22. 14. Technoscience in an ‘Illiberal’ Democracy: The Internet and Genomics in Singapore 264
23. 15. Retaining Scientific Excellence in Setting Research Priorities: Lessons from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) 278
24. 16. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University 295
25. 17. Citizens and Biotechnology 313
26. Contributors 335