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Medical Experts And The Ghost Of Galileo, Peter Huber
Medical Experts And The Ghost Of Galileo, Peter Huber
Law and Contemporary Problems
The law and science of traumatic cancer and cerebral palsy are discussed in the context of rules of evidence that are concerned with the testimony of medical experts in court. An evidentiary fallacy is demonstrated using the scientific expertise of the scientist Galileo as an example.
The Myth Of The Neutral Social Researcher In Contemporary Scientific Controversies, P Scott, Evelleen Richards, Brian Martin
The Myth Of The Neutral Social Researcher In Contemporary Scientific Controversies, P Scott, Evelleen Richards, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
According to both traditional positivist approaches and also to the sociology of scientific knowledge, social analysts should not themselves become involved in the controversies they are investigating. But the experiences of the authors in studying contemporary scientific controversies - specifically, over the Australian Animal Health Laboratory, fluoridation, and vitamin C and cancer - show that analysts, whatever their intentions, cannot avoid being drawn into the fray. The field of controversy studies needs to address the implications of this process for both theory and practice.