S3 Ep 4 - Dan Hicks on 'Public Scientific Controversies'

In today’s episode we have assistant professor and philosopher of science, Dan Hicks, taking us through better understanding public scientific controversies.‘Public scientific controversies’ is a term Dan uses to capture a broad variety of controversies that involve both science and the public. This would include controversies around vaccines, genetically modified foods, medical research and climate change.In studying why controversies like these arise and persist, Dan has found our common ex...

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Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by scholars and students in the HPS program at the University of Melbourne. Producers and Hosts: Samara Greenwood and Carmelina Contarino. Season Four Now Out. New Episodes EVERY THURSDAY.More information on the podcast can be found at hpsunimelb.org