Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen

How can citizens become more aware of science and how it proceeds in order to be able to form their own opinion on science based problems concerning our environment and thus participate in taking decisions relating to technical matters? Scientific knowledge is also part of human culture and contribu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herwig Schopper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Risk Institute, Trieste- Geneva 2016-10-01
Series:Cadmus
Online Access:http://cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-1/scientific-knowledge-and-citizen
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Summary:How can citizens become more aware of science and how it proceeds in order to be able to form their own opinion on science based problems concerning our environment and thus participate in taking decisions relating to technical matters? Scientific knowledge is also part of human culture and contributes to the evolution of human values like faith. What role can scientific academies play in improving the trust between the public and science?
ISSN:2038-5242
2038-5250