Science and democracy WF-OB-POSAD
Course content:
1. The birth of modern science and of modern democracies: historical and theoretical overview (3 hours)
2. Theoretical viewpoints on the role of science in a democratic society (3 hours)
3. Freedom of research, democratic regulations and rights (3 hours)
4. Case of conflict between science and democracy (3 hours)
5. Communicating science in a democratic society. (3 hours)
(in Polish) E-Learning
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Learning outcomes
The students will learn about the origins of the relation between science and democracy from a historical and theoretical point of view. Then, some perspectives on such a relation will be discussed. Finally, the relation between science and democracy will be discussed through some cases (i.e. use of animal in research, compulsory vaccines etc.).
Assessment criteria
Written essay
Bibliography
- P. Kitcher, Science, Truth, and Democracy, Oxford U.P., 2001
- P. Kitcher, Science in a democratic society, Prometheus Books, 2011.
- N. Oreskes, Why Trust Science?, Princeton U.P., 2010
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