This collection explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers and politicians influence science as practiced and understood today. Contributors explore the social and scientific repercussions of ‘customizing’ science to fit the needs and interests of various groups.
Зміст
1. The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate; Mikael Stenmark PART I: WORLDVIEWS AND CUSTOMIZED SCIENCE 2. Islam and Science; Nidhal Guessoum 3. Feminism and Science; Lynn Hankinson Nelson 4. Christianity and Science; René van Woudenberg 5. Atheism and Science; Michael Ruse SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS ON CUSTOMIZED SCIENCE 6. Implicit and Explicit Customized Science: The Case of Evolutionary Biology; Ullica Segerstrale 7. On Religious and Anti-Religious Customization of Contemporary Physics; Bengt Gustafsson 8. Theology and the Origins of Customized Science; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm SOCIETY AND THE CUSTOMIZATION OF SCIENCE 9. Customised Science as a Reflection of Protscience; Steve Fuller 10. Science as Customized and Customizing; Ulf Zackariasson 11. Bioconservatism as Customized Science; Adam Briggle POSTSCRIPT 12. The Future of the Customized Science-Debate; Ulf Zackariasson and Mikael Stenmark
Про автора
Adam Briggle, University of North Texas, USA Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm, Uppsala University, Sweden Nidhal Guessoum, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Lynn Hankinson Nelson, University of Washington, USA Michael Ruse, Florida State University, USA Ullica Segerstråle, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA René van Woudenberg, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
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