SCIENCE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

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SCIENCE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

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Pages:: 95–112

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401207355_003

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Claims that science should be more democratic than it is frequently arouse opposition. In this essay, I distinguish my own views about the democratization of science from the more ambitious theses defended by Paul Feyerabend. I argue that it is unlikely that the complexity of some scientific debates will allow for resolution according to the methodological principles of any formal confirmation theory, suggesting instead that major revolutions rest on conflicts of values. Yet these conflicts should not be dismissed as irresoluble.

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Scientific Realism and Democratic Society

The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 101 and Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Online, Volume: 101

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E-Book ISBN:: 9789401207355

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2011

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- Philosophy
  - Philosophy of Science
  - Social & Political Philosophy
- Social Sciences
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