Evidence in Action between Science and Society - 9781032037059

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Evidence in Action between Science and SocietyConstructing, Validating, and Contesting Knowledge\nAuthor(s): Sarah Ehlers, Stefan Esselborn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032037059, 978-1032037059\nSynopsis\nThis volume is an interdisciplinary attempt to insert a broader, historically informed perspective into current political and academic debates on the issue of evidence and the reliability of scientific knowledge.\n\nThe tensions between competing paradigms, different bodies of knowledge and the relative hierarchies between them are a crucial element of the historical and contemporary dynamics of scientific knowledge production. The negotiation of evidence is at the heart of this process. Starting from the premise that evidence constitutes a central, but also essentially contested concept in contemporary knowledge-based societies, this volume focuses on how evidence is generated and applied in practicein oth.