万人が科学の専門家の時代？ Are We All Scientific Experts Now?

Collins, Harry

Polity Pr（2014/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 144 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780745682037
• DDC分類 501

Full Description

To ordinary people, science used to seem infallible. Scientists were heroes, selflessly pursuing knowledge for the common good. More recently, a series of scientific scandals, frauds and failures have led us to question science's pre-eminence. Revelations such as Climategate, or debates about the safety of the MMR vaccine, have dented our confidence in science.

In this provocative new book Harry Collins seeks to redeem scientific expertise, and reasserts science's special status. Despite the messy realities of day-to-day scientific endeavor, he emphasizes the superior moral qualities of science, dismissing the dubious "default" expertise displayed by many of those outside the scientific community. Science, he argues, should serve as an example to ordinary citizens of how to think and act, and not the other way round.

Contents

Figures and Tables page vi

Introduction: The Growing Crisis of Expertise 1

1 Academics and How the World Feels 17

2 Experts 49

3 Citizen Sceptics 80

4 Citizen Whistle-blowers 103

Conclusion: Are We All Experts Now? 115

Notes 133

Bibliography 138

Index 142