UID:
almafu_9960119754602883
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1 online resource (x, 639 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-86870-7
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0-511-62871-4
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This collection of essays examines the ways in which disputes and controversies about the application of scientific knowledge are resolved. Four concrete examples of public controversy are considered in detail: the efficacy of Laetrile, the classification of homosexuality as a disease, the setting of safety standards in the workplace, and the utility of nuclear energy as a source of power. The essays in this volume show that debates about these cases are not confined to matters of empirical fact. Rather, as is seen with most scientific and technical controversies, they focus on and are structured by complex ethical, economic, and political interests. Drs. Engelhardt and Caplan have brought together a distinguished group of scholars from the sciences and humanities, who sketch a theory of scientific controversy and attempt to provide recommendations about the ways in which both scientists and the public ought to seek more informed resolutions of highly contentious issues in science and technology. Scientific Controversies is offered as a contribution to the better understanding of the roles of both science and nonscientific interests in disputes and controversies pertaining to science and technology.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Patterns of controversy and closure : the interplay of knowledge, values, and political forces /
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Theoretical perspectives. Ethical theory and the problem of closure /
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Scientific controversy and its termination /
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The political anatomy of controversy in the sciences /
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Controversies involving science and technology : a theoretical perspective /
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Politics, public policy-making, and the process of reaching closure /
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The role of experts in scientific controversy /
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The continental drift debate /
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How history and politics affect closure in biomedical discussions : the example of the Soviet Union /
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Scientific disputes over policy /
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Controversies and the authority of science /
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Post-Skinner and post-Freud : philosophical causes of scientific disagreements /
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Contemporary case studies. Laetrile. Resolution of the Laetrile controversy : past attempts and future prospects /
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Federal regulation of Laetrile /
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Quasi libertarianism and the Laetrile controversy /
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Judicial deflection of scientific questions : pushing the Laetrile controversy toward medical closure /
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Homosexuality. Politics, science, and the problem of psychiatric nomenclature : a case study of the American Psychiatric Association referendum on homosexuality /
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The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III : a reformulation of the issues /
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On arriving at the American Psychiatric Association decision on homosexuality /
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Safety in the workplace. Values in the debate over workplace safety and health : the rancorous rhetoric about regulation / r Gilbert S. Omenn --
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The successful experiment that failed /
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The power of efficiency : balancing benefits and costs in regulating occupational exposure to toxic substances /
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Closure in occupational safety and health : the benzene and cotton dust decisions /
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Nuclear power. Nuclear fear : a history and an experiment /
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Closure and controversy : Three Mile Island /
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Understanding the nuclear power controversy /
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Controversy, closure, and the public. The role of the mass media in scientific controversy /
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The National Commission on Human Experimentation : procedures and outcomes /
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The forms and norms of closure / Ruth Macklin.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-27560-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-25565-1
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511628719
