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Science and the Production of Ignorance - When the Quest for Knowledge Is Thwarted (Paperback)
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Science and the Production of Ignorance - When the Quest for Knowledge Is Thwarted (Paperback)
Series: The MIT Press
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An introduction to the new area of ignorance studies that examines
how science produces ignorance-both actively and passively,
intentionally and unintentionally. We may think of science as our
foremost producer of knowledge, but for the past decade, science
has also been studied as an important source of ignorance. The
historian of science Robert Proctor has coined the term agnotology
to refer to the study of ignorance, and much of the ignorance
studied in this new area is produced by science. Whether an active
or passive construct, intended or unintended, this ignorance is, in
Proctor's words, "made, maintained, and manipulated" by science.
This volume examines forms of scientific ignorance and their
consequences. A dialogue between Proctor and Peter Galison offers
historical context, presenting the concerns and motivations of
pioneers in the field. Essays by leading historians and
philosophers of science examine the active construction of
ignorance by biased design and interpretation of experiments and
empirical studies, as seen in the "false advertising" by climate
change deniers; the "virtuous" construction of ignorance-for
example, by curtailing research on race- and gender-related
cognitive differences; and ignorance as the unintended by-product
of choices made in the research process, when rules, incentives,
and methods encourage an emphasis on the beneficial and commercial
effects of industrial chemicals, and when certain concepts and even
certain groups' interests are inaccessible in a given conceptual
framework. Contributors Martin Carrier, Carl F. Cranor, Peter
Galison, Paul Hoyningen-Huene, Philip Kitcher, Janet Kourany, Hugh
Lacey, Robert Proctor, Londa Schiebinger, Miriam Solomon, Torsten
Wilholt
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