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political myth, i.e. a narrative mobilizing groups in support of key moral values. Taking the example of Covid vaccination, I show the key values with which it became linked in Czechia. Questioning ... specialized in ancient Greek religion and philosophy, as well as in general theories of religion. Recently he has expanded his interests into the area of modern political and national myths and rituals, as well
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a data-political spectacle. Data are omnipresent in prediction and surveillance, and even in resistance to governmental measures. How have citizens, whose lives were ... measures. How have citizens, whose lives were suddenly governed by pandemic data, understood and reacted to the pandemic as a data-political phenomenon? Based on a study carried out in Denmark, we show how
A critical debate has blossomed within the field of research policy, science and technology studies, and philosophy of science regarding the possible benefits and limitations of allocating extramural ... philosophy of science, there has been a surprisingly lively debate lately on the very possibility of using a lottery or random elements for allocating grants (see, e.g., Barlösius and Philipps 2022; Bedessem
political discussion. However, since these critiques of emerging hegemonic knowledge and policies often involve significant and complex questioning of epistemic and political claims, and since corresponding ... can be considered political acts in these epistemic disputes over the pandemic. These conflicts, which we refer to as the “Corona Truth Wars,” are not just about knowledge, but have turned into societal
The battles between proponents and opponents of judicial supremacy have recently intensified in the US and also in Europe. I summarise the debates in political philosophy, legal theory and ... Social and Political Philosophy (Faculty of Humanities) and of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences) at the University from anonymous reviewers and from Leonard Besselink, Nik de Boer, Bas Schotel, Marcel
The independence of research is a key strategic issue of modern societies. Dealing with it appropriately poses legal, economic, political, social and cultural problems for society, which have been ... developed by the Philosophy of Science are those of research ethics, the political philosophy of science, and of social epistemology. The perspective of Legal Studies considers academic freedom primarily as a
government criticism but silences collective expression . American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10. 1017/S0003055413000014 Kitcher , Philip. 1991. Socializing Knowledge . The Journal of Philosophy ... relations, it is not so clear. I focus on the field of philosophy and drill down to the subfield of the epistemology of trust, to adopt a view of trust as a three-way relation and to point out existing
fundamental rights. It uses the political philosophy of John Rawls to assess why we should attach priority to certain rights and which rights should therefore be considered fundamental rights. On this basis it ... important, and be very careful in allowing restrictions on fundamental rights for the purpose of protecting this market access. This article uses the political philosophy of John Rawls and his philosophical
the intrusion of political or other values. However, this view has long been refuted in the philosophy of science, where the importance of values in the scientific process but also their careful ... . Survey Article: The Coming of Age of Deliberative Democracy . The Journal of Political Philosophy 6 ( 4 ): 400 - 425 . Bonn , Aletta et al. 2020 . Green Paper Citizen Science Strategy 2020 for Germany
Carlo Invernizzi Accetti. 2017 . Populism and technocracy: Opposites or complements? Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 20 ( 2 ): 186 - 206 . Blume , Stuart. 2017 . In search ... choices and their consequences . The Journal of Political Philosophy 11 ( 3 ): 338 - 367 . Funtowicz , Silvio O. , and Jerome R. Ravetz . 1993 . Science for the post-normal age . Futures 25 ( 7 ): 739 - 755
, philosophers, economists, media experts, data scientists and jurists, all variously concerned with the transformative role of numbers at the social, economic and political dimensions, and with their capacity to ... Cartesian Dream of certainty, neutrality, and control of man over nature made possible by natural philosophy (Davies and Hersh 1986; Pereira and Funtowicz 2015; Toulmin 1992) . This dream starts with
philosophy, and the emergence of scholasticism as the distinctive pedagogical methodology of the new educational institution on the left bank of the Seine. We then move to ‘Empirical Truth and the University ... references to the ‘thousands’ (p. 2) or ‘hundreds if not thousands’ (p. 21) of students 2 Anthony La Vopa, Fichte: the Self and the Calling of Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001
Online political microtargeting involves monitoring people’s online behaviour, and using the collected data, sometimes enriched with other data, to show people-targeted political advertisements ... . Introduction Political campaigns are increasingly combining data-driven voter research with personalised political advertising: online political microtargeting.1 Through political microtargeting, a political
political controls. The post-1945 growth of higher education was – to a greater extent than is often recognized – propelled by the liberal, and later neoliberal, international order. Oppositions arise from ... international universities (Inside Higher Ed 2017) , and criticized, de-funded, or even banned specific fields, such as gender studies. China has tightened political controls over higher education (Scholars at
dispersed and provide infrastructures, resources, or services for top-level research. For political and scientific stakeholders, both types of Big Science depict a significant and long-term economic ... the aftermath of conflict. Finally, a Big Science collaboration may never materialize if conflict erodes high-level political support. To propose a model that connects conflict cause and outbreak in
, and better deal with “messy features of real-world problems” (Sismondo 2004: 172) . Attending to how biodiversity informatics infrastructures come about can pinpoint and highlight social and political ... application “Analysportalen.” It aimed to overcome the problems of taxonomic and data standardization as well as data gaps in order to create a “virtual laboratory” that could inform political and conservation
contribute to the timely formation of public and political opinion on societal aspects of science and technology” (van Est & Brom 2012: 306) or as “a field of research and practice of scientific policy ... , political science, sociology, communication science) with STS, one combined a legal doctorate with a post-doctoral qualification (“Habilitation”) in STS, four combined a doctorate in biology with further
sanitary, psychological, behavioral, or political, pertain to a plurality of ontologies, which is “what belongs to the real, the conditions of possibility we live with” (Mol 1999: 74–75) , and each issue ... session at the barber shop. .. The mask practically silenced us” (9/12/2020). Nearing political science, participants raised political-ethical issues that were a recurring topic of contention and that led
Overcoming Linguistic Alienation and Linguistic Violence,” Philosophy & Social Criticism, vol. 23 no. 2/3. (California: SAGE Publications, 1998): 137. victims. While I am aware of the preponderance and
. interpreted social innovation as “the creation of new products, services, organizational structures or activities” that lead to “reconfigured social relations, and empowerment or political mobilization” (2013 ... development • Is more effective, efficient, sustainable than existing approaches • Builds social resilience During the 19th century, political economists, sociologists, and historians reflected on the nature
