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proposed an unusual approach to study these contradictions. He highlighted the craft character of scientific knowledge, a set of procedures and evaluations that are part of the social activity of science. The quality of research, according to Ravetz, is influenced by this social component of scientific knowledge, which is strongly influenced by the professional models communicated through teaching. Due to this, the standard of adequacy is set by norms culturally stablished and shared.
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Ravetz's earliest research, after mathematics, was in the history of the mathematical sciences, with works on
Copernicus and Fourier. In the sixties Ravetz, focused on contradictions in the functioning of science and its image, between a narrative of progress and one of depredation science. He had
347:. Science governance, unknown unknowns, science as a solver of the problem of the sustainability of society are tackled in the context of present debates. Together with other scholars, Ravetz has contributed to the debate on the COVID-19 pandemic and use of mathematical models.
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Postnormal pandemics: Why COVID-19 requires a new approach to science, guest post on STEPS by David
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Funtowicz, S. O. and Ravetz, J. R., 1991. "A New
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355:"The activity of modern natural science has transformed our knowledge and control of the world about us; but in the process it has also transformed itself; and it has created problems that natural science alone cannot solve".
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Carrozza, C. (2015). Democratizing
Expertise and Environmental Governance: Different Approaches to the Politics of Science and their Relevance for Policy Analysis. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 17(1),
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Funtowicz, S. O. and Ravetz, J. R., 1992. "Three types of risk assessment and the emergence of postnormal science", in
Krimsky, S. and Golding, D. (eds.), Social theories of risk: 251ā273. Westport, Connecticut:
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Turnpenny, J., Jones, M., & Lorenzoni, I. (2010). Where now for post-normal science? A critical review of its development, definitions, and uses. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 0162243910385789.
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Funtowicz, S. O., 2015. "Science, New Forms of", in Wright, J. D., (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol. 21: 248ā254. Oxford: Elsevier.
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is a philosopher of science. He is best known for his books analysing scientific knowledge from a social and ethical perspective, focussing on issues of quality. He is the co-author (with
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was also published in 1990. With Zia Sardar he co-authored Cyberfutures: Culture and Politics on the Information Superhighway in 1996. His most recent book is The
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Weingart, P. From "Finalization" to "Mode 2": old wine in new bottles?. Social Science Information 36 (4), 1997. Pp. 591-613.
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in the establishment of a centre in the History and Philosophy of Science. He stayed at Leeds, eventually becoming a
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