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Evidence in Action Between Science and Society: Constructing, Validating, and Contesting Knowledge

Evidence in Action Between Science and Society: Constructing, Validating, and Contesting Knowledge

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Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and

General SociologyGeneral World HistoryHistoriography

ISBN10: 1032037067
ISBN13: 9781032037066
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 27 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge.

The tensions between competing paradigms, different bodies of knowledge and the relative hierarchies between them are a crucial element of the historical and contemporary dynamics of scientific knowledge production. The negotiation of evidence is at the heart of this process. Starting from the premise that evidence constitutes a central, but also essentially contested concept in contemporary knowledge-based societies, this volume focuses on how evidence is generated and applied in practice--in other words, on evidence in action. The contributions analyze and compare different evidence practices within the field of science and technology, how they interlink with different forms of power, their interaction with and impact on the legal and political domain, and their relationship to other, more heterodox forms of evidence that challenge traditional notions of evidence. In doing so, this volume provides much-needed context and historical background to contemporary debates on the so-called post-truth society.

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