A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
Public understanding, an important subject that is less discussed in the available literature, is under scrutiny by the book entitled Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. Using critical rationalism as its main analytical a...
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| description | Public understanding, an important subject that is less discussed in the available literature, is under scrutiny by the book entitled Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. Using critical rationalism as its main analytical approach, the book attempts to make a correction on the notion of science in the public perspective and also about the definition and necessity of public understanding. Despite the success of critical rationalism in enlightening the public about science, this approach alone is unable in clarifying non-scientific motivations such as political and economic interests behind propagating science. To prevent this shortcoming, we could consider besides critical rationalism some other approaches which help us and the public detect non-scientific motivations and to distinguish between genuine attempts and those who look at science as a means. This paper also discusses some formative points and suggests four complementary additions to the book. Overall, the book is an in-depth and valuable attempt on this subject. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-512018e9c8ac442b9628b50616ebe8722025-01-08T05:41:27ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502022-01-01211113915710.30465/crtls.2021.35453.21817398A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical PerspectivesMohammad Samiei0Associate Professor in Iranian Studies, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranPublic understanding, an important subject that is less discussed in the available literature, is under scrutiny by the book entitled Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives. Using critical rationalism as its main analytical approach, the book attempts to make a correction on the notion of science in the public perspective and also about the definition and necessity of public understanding. Despite the success of critical rationalism in enlightening the public about science, this approach alone is unable in clarifying non-scientific motivations such as political and economic interests behind propagating science. To prevent this shortcoming, we could consider besides critical rationalism some other approaches which help us and the public detect non-scientific motivations and to distinguish between genuine attempts and those who look at science as a means. This paper also discusses some formative points and suggests four complementary additions to the book. Overall, the book is an in-depth and valuable attempt on this subject.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7398_842bb5eb36b90f1b6c3ec9ce1b8a495d.pdfpublic understandingcritical rationalismpublic arenapublicizing sciencesinvalidity of justification |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Samiei A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی public understanding critical rationalism public arena publicizing sciences invalidity of justification |
| title | A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives |
| title_full | A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives |
| title_short | A Critique on the Book Science, Society, Development: Papers on Public Understanding from both Historical and Philosophical Perspectives |
| title_sort | critique on the book science society development papers on public understanding from both historical and philosophical perspectives |
| topic | public understanding critical rationalism public arena publicizing sciences invalidity of justification |
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