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A Study On The Trust Of The Scientists

Posted on:2016-04-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2279330461967563Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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As science and technology in human life continue to penetrate the contradiction between the public and scientists also began to increase. In 2014, a famous contemporary scientist Zhang Yaoxue won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award, which not only did not give him more honor and social status, but drew a public question, now, is it worth the scientists once again pushed the issue of trust to the cusp of public opinion.In fact, scientists at the beginning of the birth of occupation, is generally subject to the public trust, and that trust gentleman from the beginning as a scientist, however, since the Second World War broke out, the field of science and technology in the powerful military deterrent, especially the United States to deliver the atomic bomb in Japan caused by heavy, sustained damage leads scientists status plummeted in the public mind. Moreover, the application of science and technology in the field of food security and ecological environment, but also to the trust relationship between the public and scientists has brought new challenges. I believe that the reason why the contemporary public will question the principal scientist with the following four factors: First, the scientists and the public have a qualitatively different in the mastery of knowledge, this difference will cause an unequal relationship, resulting in information Disadvantages of scientists in the public information superiority into question; secondly, scientific knowledge itself has uncertain characteristics of its specific application must be limited to a certain range, was confirmed today as the true knowledge is likely to be the next day overthrow, this is science and technology can not overcome the drawbacks. Moreover, scientists also have differences within the Community, but the public is often misunderstood and therefore the whole truth and scientific objectivity, and then point the finger of scientists; thirdly, the Internet media so that the public dissemination of scientific knowledge has become more complex, knowledge-release lowering the threshold caused by rumors of science, the authority of scientists also will decline; fourth, scientists in contemporary society is inseparable from the operation of the combined effect of the government, the media, businesses and even the public, so it is easy to induce interest factors, the deviation from the pursuit of truth The track, leading them to question the public. So, how to determine whether scientists can trust is placed in front of scholars to discuss the need to be urgently addressed, and pay close attention to one problem. But at present, neither the official evaluation system for scientists or the public to judge on the basis of scientists there are some problems.In this paper, a total of three parts, the first part is the concept of carding, historical background and contemporary issues arising brief description of the current situation. The second part analyzes the causes of the problems, that is why the public will have reason to question the scientist. Part III focuses on solving the problem of the road, including the existing evaluation system, government scientists and the public will be explained on the basis of expert judgment and analysis. Finally, the author singles from scientists, research projects and research activities given the title three levels, this paper proposes a prototype of a third-party evaluation system.
Keywords/Search Tags:public, scientist, trust
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