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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Part I Introduction
1 Science as a Moral Choice
The moral case for scientific values
Three Waves of science studies
Revelation versus proof
Structure of the book
Notes
Part II Elective Modernism
2 Choosing Science
Scientific values and the technical phase
The problem of demarcation
Formative aspirations of science
Formative aspirations taken from traditional philosophy of science
Formative aspirations from Mertonian sociology of science
Additional formative aspirations
Science as a logical machine and as a form of life
The hard case: defending science when it is ineffectual
Interim conclusion
Notes
3 Elective Modernism, Democracy and Science
Elective modernism’s reach
Elective modernism and the political phase
The new understanding of science: the owls
A new institution for policy advice
A problem that still needs a solution
Conclusion
Notes
Part III Academic Context
4 Elective Modernism in Context
Elective modernism and the second wave of science studies
Intellectual precursors and contemporaries
Notes
5 Institutional Innovations
Citizen panels, juries and consensus conferences
Constructive Technology Assessment
Citizen science
Public debates and consultations
Public engagement with science and technology
Experts as policy advisors
Conclusion
Notes
Part IV Manifesto
6 Elective Modernism and Democracy
Why bet on naïveté?
Notes
References
Index
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