Re-thinking science : knowledge and the public in an age of uncertainty /
Nowotny, Helga,
Re-thinking science : knowledge and the public in an age of uncertainty / Helga Nowotny, Peter Scott, Michael Gibbons. - ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
Preface -- The Transformation of Society -- Beyond Modernity - Breaching the Frontiers -- The Co-Evolution of Society and Science -- The Context Speaks Back -- The Transformation of Knowledge Institutions -- The Role of Universities in Knowledge Production -- How Does Contextualization Happen? -- Weakly Contextualized Knowledge -- Strongly Contextualized Knowledge -- Contextualization of the Middle Range -- From Reliable Knowledge to Socially Robust Knowledge -- The Epistemological Core -- Science Moves into the Agora -- Socially Distributed Expertise -- Re-Visioning Science -- Re-Thinking Science is not Science Re-Thought -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
0745626084 9780745626086 0745626076 9780745626079
Science--Social aspects
Knowledge, Sociology of
303.483
Re-thinking science : knowledge and the public in an age of uncertainty / Helga Nowotny, Peter Scott, Michael Gibbons. - ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
Preface -- The Transformation of Society -- Beyond Modernity - Breaching the Frontiers -- The Co-Evolution of Society and Science -- The Context Speaks Back -- The Transformation of Knowledge Institutions -- The Role of Universities in Knowledge Production -- How Does Contextualization Happen? -- Weakly Contextualized Knowledge -- Strongly Contextualized Knowledge -- Contextualization of the Middle Range -- From Reliable Knowledge to Socially Robust Knowledge -- The Epistemological Core -- Science Moves into the Agora -- Socially Distributed Expertise -- Re-Visioning Science -- Re-Thinking Science is not Science Re-Thought -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
0745626084 9780745626086 0745626076 9780745626079
Science--Social aspects
Knowledge, Sociology of
303.483