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The Customization of Science

The Impact of Religious and Political Worldviews on Contemporary Science

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781349478880
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2014 9781349478880
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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.

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ISBN13:9781349478880
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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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

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