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The Customization of Science

The Impact of Religious and Political Worldviews on Contemporary Science

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Steve Fuller

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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  2. Mikael Stenmark

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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  3. Ulf Zackariasson

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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This collection explores whether and how religious and secular worldviews and political ideologies held by scientists, citizens, decision-makers and politicians influence science as practiced and understood today. Contributors explore the social and scientific repercussions of 'customizing' science to fit the needs and interests of various groups.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate

    1. The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate

      • Mikael Stenmark
      Pages 1-18

  3. Worldviews and Customized Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Islam and Science

      • Nidhal Guessoum
      Pages 21-36

    3. Feminism and Science

      • Lynn Hankinson Nelson
      Pages 37-54

    4. Christianity and Science

      • René van Woudenberg
      Pages 55-72

    5. Atheism and Science

      • Michael Ruse
      Pages 73-88

  4. Science and Scientists on Customized Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Implicit and Explicit Customized Science: The Case of Evolutionary Biology

      • Ullica Segerstråle
      Pages 91-103

    3. On Religious and Antireligious Customization of Contemporary Physics

      • Bengt Gustafsson
      Pages 104-120

    4. Theology and the Origins of Customized Science

      • Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm
      Pages 121-135

  5. Society and the Customization of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Customised Science as a Reflection of Protscience

      • Steve Fuller
      Pages 139-157

    3. Science as Customized and Customizing: The Roles of Science in the “Religion/Worldviews in the Public Sphere” Debate

      • Ulf Zackariasson
      Pages 158-175

    4. Bioconservatism as Customized Science

      • Adam Briggle
      Pages 176-190

  6. Postscript

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. The Future of the Customized Science Debate

      • Ulf Zackariasson, Mikael Stenmark
      Pages 193-200

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 201-209
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Steve Fuller

  • Uppsala University, Sweden

    Mikael Stenmark, Ulf Zackariasson

About the editors

Adam Briggle, University of North Texas, USA Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm, Uppsala University, Sweden Nidhal Guessoum, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Lynn Hankinson Nelson, University of Washington, USA Michael Ruse, Florida State University, USA Ullica Segerstråle, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA René van Woudenberg, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

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