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Foucault and the Human Subject of Science /

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3030028127

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3030028135

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9783030028121

(Number (ISBN

9783030028138

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9783030028121

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Foucault and the Human Subject of Science /

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Garðar Árnason.

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Cham, Switzerland :

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Springer,

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[2018]

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©2018

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1 online resource

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SpringerBriefs in Ethics

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Foucault's Archaeology ofKnowledge; 2.1 The Origin andDevelopment ofArchaeology; 2.2 Archaeology inAction; 2.3 Madness, Medicine, Theory; References; 3 Power, Knowledge, andthePolitics ofTruth; 3.1 Power; 3.2 Knowledge; 3.3 Sciences ofMan, Sciences ofNature; 3.4 Politics ofTruth; References; 4 Left-Handers asSubjects ofScience; 4.1 Pre-scientific Conceptions ofLeft-Handedness; 4.2 The Rise oftheScientific Study ofLeft-Handers; 4.3 Left-Handed Science: The Longevity ofSinistrals

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4.3.1 Why Think That Left-Handers May Have Reduced Longevity?4.3.2 Study I: The Baseball Encyclopedia (1988); 4.3.3 Study II: The California Study (1991); 4.3.4 Study III: Marcel E. Salive et al. (1993); 4.4 Left-Handers andKnowledge Production; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 Icelanders asSubjects ofScience; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Icelandic Health Sector Database: The Plan; 5.3 Eugenics, Nationalism, Nazi Experiments andtheIcelandic Health Sector Database; 5.4 The "Totally Informative Population"; References; 6 Conclusion

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This book offers a clear analysis of Foucault's work on scientific knowledge and its relationship to individuals and society. It suggests a way of using Foucault's tools for science criticism and resistance, while avoiding the pitfalls of vulgar relativism or irrational anti-science views. Two cases of scientific conflict are considered. The first considers left-handers as subjects of science, in particular studies which purport to show that left-handers die on average younger than right-handers. The second case considers Icelanders as subjects of science in the context of a partly failed attempt to construct a genetic database encompassing the entire nation. The book will be of interest to bioethicists and philosophers who are concerned with the interaction between science and its human subjects, as well as scholars concerned with Foucault's work on science.

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Springer Nature

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com.springer.onix.9783030028138

Foucault, Michel,1926-1984-- Knowledge-- Science.

Foucault, Michel,1926-1984.

Science-- Social aspects.

PHILOSOPHY-- History & Surveys-- Modern.

Philosophy of science.

Science-- Social aspects.

Science.

Sociology.

PHI-- 016000

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Gardar Árnason

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20200823074637.0

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