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"How can science be protected, by whom and at what level? Mantzavinos introduces the idea of a 'Constitution of Science' as a vital means to channel the scientific process effectively. Will appeal to audiences who have concerns about the long-lasting attacks on science"--
List of contents
Introduction; 1. The scaffolds humans erect on science; 2. Science and values; 3. Normativity; 4. The informal institutions of science; 5. Core scientific activities: explanation and interpretation; 6. The formal institutions of science; 7. The search for an adequate constitution; 8. Five principles for a quasi-autonomous science; Epilogue: The constitution of science is written in the heart of the scientists; Excursus: The value-free ideal for science; References.
About the author
C. Mantzavinos is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Athens and an elected member of the Academia Europaea and the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences. He has taught at Freiburg, Stanford and Witten/Herdecke, was a senior fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn and held visiting appointments at Harvard, Princeton and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris. He is the author of Wettbewersbstheorie (1994), Individuals, Institutions and Markets (Cambridge University Press, 2001), Naturalistic Hermeneutics (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Explanatory Pluralism (Cambridge University Press, 2016), A Dialogue on Explanation (2018), A Dialogue on Institutions (2021) and the editor of Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Summary
How can science be protected, by whom and at what level? Mantzavinos introduces the idea of a 'Constitution of Science' as a vital means to channel the scientific process effectively. Will appeal to audiences who have concerns about the long-lasting attacks on science.
Foreword
Introduces the idea of a 'Constitution of Science' as a means for protecting the foundations of science.
