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- Title
Back from the Brink: Truth and Trust in the Public Sphere.
- Authors
JASANOFF, SHEILA
- Abstract
The article presents a historical review of the evolving role of scientific expertise in public affairs in the U.S. It discusses a transdisciplinary, and collective effort to arrive at some widely shared public truths that can provide a foundation for public policy debates. It is argued that the relevant point for reliable public knowledge is the very recognition of an intermediate analytic position between "politicization" and a position occupied by the notion of precaution.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SCIENCE &; state; PUBLIC sphere; GOVERNMENT policy; COMMUNICATIVE action; TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood
- Publication
Issues in Science & Technology, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 4, p25
- ISSN
0748-5492
- Publication type
Article