Gobernar el conocimiento

Andoni Eizagirre

doi:10.3989/isegoria.2013.048.13

Authors

Andoni Eizagirre Universidad de Mondragón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2013.048.13

Keywords:

science, policy, knowledge politics, regulation

Abstract

Legal measures and instruments that assess the technological risks are becoming increasingly important and controversial. In this article I propose that currently many conflicts over technological risks are not because there is no regulation, but because there is a generalization of policies based on science. The explanation is that the evaluation uses a misleading conception of scientific knowledge. Science for governing society requires a previous reflection on the dynamics of knowledge and its government.

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