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Science and the campaigners
Author(s) -
North Richard D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00235
Subject(s) - enlightenment , reductionism , battle , romance , environmental ethics , political science , epistemology , sociology , engineering ethics , psychology , philosophy , engineering , history , psychoanalysis , ancient history
Campaigners routinely use and abuse ‘science’ in their arguments, while often complaining about the ‘reductionist’ basis of science, and society's over‐reliance on scientific arguments. This paper examines the long‐running battle between old‐fashioned ideas derived from the Enlightenment and the newer ‘Post‐Modern’ and Romantic ideas now used by campaigners.