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Science, for What? Or: Science with Conscience - The Invisible College of Dissenting Nuclear Scientists

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The main contention of this essay is that sciences can be seen as belonging to two broad categories: a) demonstrative; b) interpretative. Demonstrative, or �tough�, sciences are �natural� sciences; interpretative sciences are philosophy, history, all the social sciences, different as thy are (for instance, history is based on causal imputation; sociology, on conditional comparative approach). At present all sciences cannot presume to offer universally valid �laws�, timeless and spaceless, but only general, probabilistic tendencies. Moreover, contrary to a misconception Max Weber�s �Wertfreiheit�, no science is neutral. It pertains to the social responsibility of scientists the pratical use of eventual scientific findings (for instance, the atomic or the hydrogen bomb).

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  • Franco Ferrarotti, 2019. "Science, for What? Or: Science with Conscience - The Invisible College of Dissenting Nuclear Scientists," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 20, pages 12-33, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:etc:journl:y:2019:i:20:p:12-33
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    1. Franco Ferrarotti, 2018. "Sacred and Profane. Essential ambiguity and vital necessity of the Sacred," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 17, pages 9-35, March.
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    1. Richard A. Falk, 2022. "Deconstructing the Struggle Against Nuclearism," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 25, pages 11-23, January.

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