ISBN:
9781137379603
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (222 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Customization of Science : The Impact of Religious and Political Worldviews on Contemporary Science
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈p 〉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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate; Part I: Worldviews and Customized Science; 2 Islam and Science; 3 Feminism and Science; 4 Christianity and Science; 5 Atheism and Science; Part II: Science and Scientists on Customized Science; 6 Implicit and Explicit Customized Science: The Case of Evolutionary Biology; 7 On Religious and Antireligious Customization of Contemporary Physics; 8 Theology and the Origins of Customized Science; Part III: Society and the Customization of Science
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Customised Science as a Reflection of Protscience10 Science as Customized and Customizing: The Roles of Science in the "Religion/Worldviews in the Public Sphere" Debate; 11 Bioconservatism as Customized Science; Postscript; 12 The Future of the Customized Science Debate; Index
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