Table of Contents

1. Science, Freedom, Democracy: Introduction

Péter Hartl and Adam Tamas Tuboly

Part I. Academic Freedom and Other Values in Science and Society

2. Michael Polanyi's Post-Critical Vision of Science and Society

Phil Mullins

3. The Ethos of Science and Central Planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on the Autonomy of Science

Péter Hartl

4. Scientific Freedom and Social Responsibility

Heather Douglas

5. Bacon’s Promise

Janet Kourany

Part II: Democracy and Citizen Participation in Science

6. Which Science, Which Democracy, and Which Freedom?

Hans Radder

7. Participatory Democracy and Multi-Strategic Research

Hugh Lacey

8. Public Opinion, Democratic Legitimacy, and Epistemic Compromise

Dustin Olson

Part III: Freedom and Pluralism in Scientific Methodology and Values

9. Are Transparency and Representativeness of Values Hampering Scientific Pluralism?

Jeroen Van Bouwel

10. Max Weber’s Value-Judgment and the Problem of Science Policy-making

Lidia Godek

About the Author

Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology and the history of philosophy (Hume, Michael Polanyi). He published papers on Polanyi, Hume, and modal epistemology. He co-edited "The Value of Truth" special issue for Synthese. His monograph on Hume is under contract.

Adam Tamas Tuboly is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group, and a research fellow at the Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, Medical School, University of Pécs. He works on the history of logical empiricism and has edited numerous volumes on it.

Reviews

"Hartl and Tuboly edited this timely collection of ten essays examining the tangled connections between the principles of liberal democracy and those of scientific research. This text is an important compilation of current scholarship on how the values of liberal democracy and the values of scientific research can either support each other or be in conflict. Summing up: Recommended."CHOICE