The State of Our Field: Introduction to the Special Issue
Author(s) -
Laura W. Black,
Nancy L. Thomas,
Timothy J. Shaffer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of deliberative democracy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-0488
DOI - 10.16997/jdd.181
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , state (computer science) , work (physics) , key (lock) , engineering ethics , epistemology , sociology , computer science , engineering , computer security , philosophy , mechanical engineering , mathematics , algorithm , pure mathematics
This article introduces the special “State of the Field” issue. The essay highlights some of the key tensions that our field is wrestling with at the moment, and advocates that we think carefully about the terms we use to describe our work. It previews the articles in this special issue and urges future work in the field to take up the ideas, questions, and challenges posed by these essays.
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