Science and Democracy: Controversies and Conflicts

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About the contributors
Foreword: Like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants • Giovanni Scarafile
Introduction: The relationship between science and democracy: Harmonic and confrontational conceptions • Pierluigi Barrotta
1 The dam project: Who are the experts? A philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster • Pierluigi Barrotta and Eleonora Montuschi
2 Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts • István Danka
3 Rethinking the notion of public: A pragmatist account • Roberto Gronda
4 The expert you are (Not): Citizens, experts and the limits of science communication • Selene Arfini and Tommaso Bertolotti
5 Decisions without scientists? Two case studies about GM plants and invasive acacia in Hungary • Anna Petschner
6 Save the planet, win the election: A paradox of science and democracy, an Israeli perpetuum mobile and Donald Trump • Aviram Sariel
7 Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes • Oded Balaban
8 The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra project • Giovanni Scarafile and Maria Elena Latino
9 The political use of science: The historical case of Soviet cosmology • Mauro Stenico
10 The dialectical legacy of epigenetics • Flavio D’Abramo
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