TY - JOUR
T1 - Leading with ethics, aiming for policy
T2 - New opportunities for philosophy of science
AU - Tuana, Nancy
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments I would like to thank Carla Fehr and Katie Plaisance for their very insightful comments on an earlier version of this essay. I am also grateful for comments from the anonymous reviewers for the journal. Research leading to the EDSR model was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Ethics Education in Science and Engineering grant (#0529766).
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - The goal of this paper is to articulate and advocate for an enhanced role for philosophers of science in the domain of science policy as well as within the science curriculum. I argue that philosophy of science as a field can learn from the successes as well as the mistakes of bioethics and begin to develop a new model that includes robust contributions to the science classroom, research collaborations with scientists, and a role for public philosophy through involvement in science policy development. Through an analysis of two case studies, I illustrate how philosophers of science can make effective and productive contributions to science education as well as to interdisciplinary scientific research, and argue for the essential role of philosophers of science in the realm of science policy.
AB - The goal of this paper is to articulate and advocate for an enhanced role for philosophers of science in the domain of science policy as well as within the science curriculum. I argue that philosophy of science as a field can learn from the successes as well as the mistakes of bioethics and begin to develop a new model that includes robust contributions to the science classroom, research collaborations with scientists, and a role for public philosophy through involvement in science policy development. Through an analysis of two case studies, I illustrate how philosophers of science can make effective and productive contributions to science education as well as to interdisciplinary scientific research, and argue for the essential role of philosophers of science in the realm of science policy.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11229-010-9793-4
DO - 10.1007/s11229-010-9793-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650223567
SN - 0039-7857
VL - 177
SP - 471
EP - 492
JO - Synthese
JF - Synthese
IS - 3
ER -