SCIE 403 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scientific Progress, Normal Science, Quality Control
14 Jan 2015
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Involves experts and non-experts (or citizens), range of perspectives including scientific. Play out in public arenas (television, newspapers, street protests) newsworthy. Most controversies in the news are science-based. Do cell phones cause cancer: thomas brante discusses three trends in western society that have made the study of controversy important. Results of science permeate our daily experiences implicit and authority. Authority of science: prestige of natural sciences over other ways of knowing. We depend on science to identify some of society"s biggest issues (e. g. ghg emissions, radiation) Science increasingly called upon to contribute to decision-making processes. Research funding influenced by political, economic interests governments do target funding, more funding by industry. Example from u of c: eyes high strategic plan. Increasing number of science-based controversies in everyday life. Explores the implications of the constructivist view in this paper emerging from a particular social context. Discusses two views of science objective and subjective (like positivist versus constructivist)
