Controversial Science

From Content to Contention

• Author(s): Thomas Brante, Steve Fuller, William Lynch,
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Pages: 326
• ISBN_10: 0791414744
  ISBN_13: 9780791414743
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects ,

Description:... This book represents emerging alternative perspectives to the “constructivist” orthodoxy that currently dominates the field of science and technology studies. Various contributions from distinguished Americans and Europeans in the field, provide arguments and evidence that it is not enough simply to say that science is “socially situated.” Controversial Science focuses on important political, ethical, and broadly normative considerations that have yet to be given their due, but which point to a more realistic and critical perspective on science policy.