Scientific controversies case studies in the resolution and closure of disputes in science and technology
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 o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1987.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39725042*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Patterns of controversy and closure : the interplay of knowledge, values, and political forces / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., and Arthur L. Caplan
- Theoretical perspectives. Ethical theory and the problem of closure / Tom L. Beauchamp
- Scientific controversy and its termination / Ernan McMullin
- The political anatomy of controversy in the sciences / Everett Mendelsohn
- Controversies involving science and technology : a theoretical perspective / Ronald N. Giere
- Politics, public policy-making, and the process of reaching closure / Robert F. Rich
- The role of experts in scientific controversy / Garland E. Allen
- The continental drift debate / Henry Frankel
- How history and politics affect closure in biomedical discussions : the example of the Soviet Union / Loren R. Graham
- Scientific disputes over policy / Allan Mazur
- Controversies and the authority of science / Dorothy Nelkin
- Post-Skinner and post-Freud : philosophical causes of scientific disagreements / Alasdair MacIntyre
- Contemporary case studies. Laetrile. Resolution of the Laetrile controversy : past attempts and future prospects / Gerald E. Markle and James C. Petersen
- Federal regulation of Laetrile / Robert S.K. Young
- Quasi libertarianism and the Laetrile controversy / Baruch A. Brody
- Judicial deflection of scientific questions : pushing the Laetrile controversy toward medical closure / Robert L. Schwartz.
- Homosexuality. Politics, science, and the problem of psychiatric nomenclature : a case study of the American Psychiatric Association referendum on homosexuality / Ronald Bayer
- The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III : a reformulation of the issues / Robert L. Spitzer
- On arriving at the American Psychiatric Association decision on homosexuality / Irving Bieber
- Safety in the workplace. Values in the debate over workplace safety and health : the rancorous rhetoric about regulation / r Gilbert S. Omenn
- The successful experiment that failed / Marvin S. Legator
- The power of efficiency : balancing benefits and costs in regulating occupational exposure to toxic substances / Taylor R. Durham
- Closure in occupational safety and health : the benzene and cotton dust decisions / Mark MacCarthy
- Nuclear power. Nuclear fear : a history and an experiment / Spencer R. Weart
- Closure and controversy : Three Mile Island / Cora Bagley Marrett
- Understanding the nuclear power controversy / Douglas MacLean
- Controversy, closure, and the public. The role of the mass media in scientific controversy / Rae Goddell
- The National Commission on Human Experimentation : procedures and outcomes / Stephen E. Toulmin
- The forms and norms of closure / Ruth Macklin.
