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  • The Responsibility of Science

    Edited by Harald A. Mieg ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access book provides an overview of issues of scientific responsibility. The volume comprises three types of contributions: first, analyses of the responsibility of science; second, analyses of the structural conditions for science and its responsibility; and third, normative versions of scientific responsibility. The questions and problems dealt with include science as a profession, ... Read more

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