Science and Democracy: Controversies and conflicts
Edited by Pierluigi Barrotta and Giovanni Scarafile
[Controversies, 13] 2018. viii, 198 pp.
Pierluigi Barrotta
List of John Benjamins publications for which Pierluigi Barrotta plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Communication Studies | Philosophy
Controversies and Subjectivity
Edited by Pierluigi Barrotta and Marcelo Dascal †
[Controversies, 1] 2005. x, 411 pp.
Subjects Cognitive psychology | Discourse studies | Philosophy | Pragmatics | Psycholinguistics
Articles
2020 Chapter 6. What is the meaning of biodiversity? A pragmatist approach to an intrinsically interdisciplinary concept Controversies and Interdisciplinarity: Beyond disciplinary fragmentation for a new knowledge model, Allwood, Jens, Olga Pombo, Clara Renna and Giovanni Scarafile (eds.), pp. 115–131 | Chapter
The preservation of biodiversity is one of the greatest concerns of our age. However, a satisfactory operational definition of biodiversity is still lacking, and it is likely that it won’t be achieved in the near future. In their practice of measurement scientists adopt a pluralistic and… read more
2018 Introduction: The relationship between science and democracy: Harmonic and confrontational conceptions Science and Democracy: Controversies and conflicts, Barrotta, Pierluigi and Giovanni Scarafile (eds.), pp. 7–16 | Introduction
2018 Chapter 1. The dam project: Who are the experts? A philosophical lesson from the Vajont disaster Science and Democracy: Controversies and conflicts, Barrotta, Pierluigi and Giovanni Scarafile (eds.), pp. 17–34 | Chapter
In 1963 a huge landslide covered the Vajont valley (north-east of Italy), where one of the tallest arch dams in the world had been put in place (completed in 1959). More than 2000 people died. The locals had repeatedly warned the scientists that the sides of the valley were too fragile to hold… read more
2005 14. Liberals vs. communitarians on the self Controversies and Subjectivity, Barrotta, Pierluigi and Marcelo Dascal † (eds.), pp. 303–324 | Chapter