The Customization of Science: The Impact of Religious and Political Worldviews on Contemporary Science - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113737960X ISBN 13: 9781137379603

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

This book 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. In this book, customized science is defined as a science built according to - or altered and fitted to - a particular group's specifications, that is, its needs, interests or values, its political ideology or worldview. It is science governed not merely by goals such as increased knowledge and explanatory power, but also by goals such as economic growth, sustainable development, the equality of women or the end of religion. The contributions to this book discuss, with regard to particular worldviews and themes connected to the public role of science, whether science is increasingly becoming customized to fit the needs and interests of various groups in society, but also what the consequences of such a development may be both for science and society.

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About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 113737960X
• ISBN 13: 9781137379603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 221
• Editor: Fuller S., Stenmark M., Zackariasson U.