Current Controversies in Values and Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Current Controversies in Values and Science write by Kevin C. Elliott. This book was released on 2017-03-27. Current Controversies in Values and Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Current Controversies in Values and Science asks ten philosophers to debate five questions (two philosophers per debate) that are driving contemporary work in this important area of philosophy of science. The book is perfect for the advanced student, building up her knowledge of the foundations of the field while also engaging its most cutting-edge questions. Introductions and annotated bibliographies for each debate, preliminary descriptions of each chapter, study questions, and a supplemental guide to further controversies involving values in science help provide clearer and richer snapshots of active controversies for all readers.
Values and Objectivity in Science
Values and Objectivity in Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Values and Objectivity in Science write by Hugh Lacey. This book was released on 2005. Values and Objectivity in Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Values and Objectivity in Science illuminates many of the ethical issues that arise concerning scientific practices and applications, offering an account of how social and ethical values play important roles within science. Hugh Lacey develops and clarifies his previous analysis by arguing for the importance of research being conducted under a plurality of strategies, contrasting 'materialist strategies' with 'agro-ecological strategies.' By displaying the structure of current ethical controversies about the legitimacy of planting transgenic crops, this book illustrates that sound thinking on such issues must be grounded on an adequate philosophy of science, one that can clearly distinguish between the proper and the distorting roles of values in scientific practices. This book will prove useful for science students and practitioners as well as those interested in the growing ethical questions involved in scientific practices.
Communicating Science Effectively
Communicating Science Effectively - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Communicating Science Effectively write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2017-03-08. Communicating Science Effectively available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result, people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal values and other considerations as they make important life decisions about medical care, the safety of foods, what to do about climate change, and many other issues. Communicating science effectively, however, is a complex task and an acquired skill. Moreover, the approaches to communicating science that will be most effective for specific audiences and circumstances are not obvious. Fortunately, there is an expanding science base from diverse disciplines that can support science communicators in making these determinations. Communicating Science Effectively offers a research agenda for science communicators and researchers seeking to apply this research and fill gaps in knowledge about how to communicate effectively about science, focusing in particular on issues that are contentious in the public sphere. To inform this research agenda, this publication identifies important influences â€" psychological, economic, political, social, cultural, and media-related â€" on how science related to such issues is understood, perceived, and used.
Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science
Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science write by Shamik Dasgupta. This book was released on 2020-10-27. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Science asks twelve philosophers to debate six questions that are driving contemporary work in this area of philosophy. The questions are: I. Are Boltzmann Brains Bad? II. Does Mathematical Explanation Require Mathematical Truth? III. Does Quantum Mechanics Suggest Spacetime is Nonfundamental? IV. Is Evolution Fundamental When It Comes to Defining Biological Ontology? V. Is Chance Ontologically Fundamental? VI. Are Sexes Natural Kinds? These debates explore the philosophical foundations of particular scientific disciplines, while also examining more general issues in the philosophy of science. The result is a book that’s perfect for the advanced philosophy student, building up their knowledge of the foundations of the field and engaging with its cutting-edge questions. Preliminary descriptions of each chapter, annotated lists of further readings for each controversy, and study questions for each chapter help provide clearer and richer snapshots of active controversies for all readers.
Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind
Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind write by Uriah Kriegel. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions. There currently exist annotated tomes of primary sources, and a handful of single-authored introductions to the field, but there is no book that captures philosophy of mind’s recent dynamic exchanges for a student audience. By bringing compiling ten newly commissioned pieces in which leading philosophers square off on five central, related debates currently engaging the field, editor Uriah Kriegel has provided such a publication.The five debates include: Mind and Body: The Prospects for Russellian Monism Mind in Body: The Scope and Nature of Embodied Cognition Consciousness: Representationalism and the Phenomenology of Moods Mental Representation: The Project of Naturalization The Nature of Mind: The Importance of Consciousness. Preliminary descriptions of each chapter, annotated bibliographies for each controversy, and a supplemental guide to further controversies in philosophy of mind (with bibliographies) help provide clearer and richer views of active controversies for all readers.
