Scientific controversies : case studies in the resolution and closure of disputes in science and technology / edited by H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., and Arthur L. Caplan.

Contributor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram (Hugo Tristram), 1941- | Caplan, Arthur LMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1987Description: x, 639 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521275606 (pbk.); 0521275601 (pbk.); 0521255651 (hbk.)Subject(s): Science -- Social aspects -- Case studies | Technology -- Social aspects -- Case studies | Science -- Philosophy -- Case studies | Technology -- Philosophy -- Case studiesDDC classification: 303.4/83 LOC classification: Q181 | .S3826 1987
Contents:
1. Ethical theory and the problem of closure / Tom L. Beauchamp -- 2. Scientific controversy and its termination / Ernan McMullin -- 3. The political anatomy of controversy in the sciences / Everett Mendelsohn -- 4. Controversies involving science and technology : a theoretical perspective / Ronald N. Giere -- 5. Politics, public policy-making, and the process of reaching closure / Robert F. Rich -- 6. The role of experts in scientific controversy / Garland E. Allen -- 7. The continental drift debate / Henry Frankel -- 8. How history and politics affect closure in biomedical discussions : the example of the Soviet Union / Loren R. Graham -- 9. Scientific disputes over policy / Allan Mazur -- 10. Controversies and the authority of science / Dorothy Nelkin -- 11. Post-Skinner and post-Freud : philosophical causes of scientific disagreements / Alasdair MacIntyre -- 12. Resolution of the Laetrile controversy : past attempts and future prospects / Gerald E. Markle and James C. Petersen -- 13. Federal regulation of Laetrile / Robert S.K. Young -- 14. Quasi libertarianism and the Laetrile controversy / Baruch A. Brody -- 15. Judicial deflection of scientific questions : pushing the Laetrile controversy toward medical closure / Robert L. Schwartz -- 16. Politics, science, and the problem of psychiatric nomenclature : a case study of the American Psychiatric Association referendum on homosexuality / Ronald Bayer -- 17. The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III : a reformulation of the issues / Robert L. Spitzer -- 18. On arriving at the American Psychiatric Association decision on homosexuality / Irving Bieber -- 19. Values in the debate over workplace safety and health : the rancorous rhetoric about regulation / Gilbert S. Omenn -- 20. The successful experiment that failed / Marvin S. Legator -- 21. The power of efficiency : balancing benefits and costs in regulating occupational exposure to toxic substances / Taylor R. Durham -- 22. Closure in occupational safety and health : the benzene and cotton dust decisions / Mark MacCarthy -- 23. Nuclear fear : a history and an experiment / Spencer R. Weart -- 24. Closure and controversy : Three Mile Island / Cora Bagley Marrett -- 25. Understanding the nuclear power controversy / Douglas MacLean -- 26. The role of the mass media in scientific controversy / Rae Goddell -- 27. The National Commission on Human Experimentation : procedures and outcomes / Stephen E. Toulmin -- 28. The forms and norms of closure / Ruth Macklin.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Ethical theory and the problem of closure / Tom L. Beauchamp -- 2. Scientific controversy and its termination / Ernan McMullin -- 3. The political anatomy of controversy in the sciences / Everett Mendelsohn -- 4. Controversies involving science and technology : a theoretical perspective / Ronald N. Giere -- 5. Politics, public policy-making, and the process of reaching closure / Robert F. Rich -- 6. The role of experts in scientific controversy / Garland E. Allen -- 7. The continental drift debate / Henry Frankel -- 8. How history and politics affect closure in biomedical discussions : the example of the Soviet Union / Loren R. Graham -- 9. Scientific disputes over policy / Allan Mazur -- 10. Controversies and the authority of science / Dorothy Nelkin -- 11. Post-Skinner and post-Freud : philosophical causes of scientific disagreements / Alasdair MacIntyre -- 12. Resolution of the Laetrile controversy : past attempts and future prospects / Gerald E. Markle and James C. Petersen -- 13. Federal regulation of Laetrile / Robert S.K. Young -- 14. Quasi libertarianism and the Laetrile controversy / Baruch A. Brody -- 15. Judicial deflection of scientific questions : pushing the Laetrile controversy toward medical closure / Robert L. Schwartz -- 16. Politics, science, and the problem of psychiatric nomenclature : a case study of the American Psychiatric Association referendum on homosexuality / Ronald Bayer -- 17. The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III : a reformulation of the issues / Robert L. Spitzer -- 18. On arriving at the American Psychiatric Association decision on homosexuality / Irving Bieber -- 19. Values in the debate over workplace safety and health : the rancorous rhetoric about regulation / Gilbert S. Omenn -- 20. The successful experiment that failed / Marvin S. Legator -- 21. The power of efficiency : balancing benefits and costs in regulating occupational exposure to toxic substances / Taylor R. Durham -- 22. Closure in occupational safety and health : the benzene and cotton dust decisions / Mark MacCarthy -- 23. Nuclear fear : a history and an experiment / Spencer R. Weart -- 24. Closure and controversy : Three Mile Island / Cora Bagley Marrett -- 25. Understanding the nuclear power controversy / Douglas MacLean -- 26. The role of the mass media in scientific controversy / Rae Goddell -- 27. The National Commission on Human Experimentation : procedures and outcomes / Stephen E. Toulmin -- 28. The forms and norms of closure / Ruth Macklin.

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