Árnason Foucault and the Human Subject of Science

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-02813-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 117 Seiten

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Ethics

?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.

?Garðar Árnason, Ph.D., studied philosophy at the University of Iceland and the University of Toronto. He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Tübingen. His main research interests include applied ethics (human and non-human research ethics, neuroethics, bioethics), free will, and the philosophy of science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Árnason, Garðar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;7
2;Contents;9
3;1 Introduction;11
3.1;References;15
4;2 Foucault’s Archaeology of Knowledge;17
4.1;2.1 The Origin and Development of Archaeology;17
4.2;2.2 Archaeology in Action;23
4.3;2.3 Madness, Medicine, Theory;33
4.4;References;39
5;3 Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Truth;41
5.1;3.1 Power;42
5.2;3.2 Knowledge;47
5.3;3.3 Sciences of Man, Sciences of Nature;53
5.4;3.4 Politics of Truth;57
5.5;References;66
6;4 Left-Handers as Subjects of Science;69
6.1;4.1 Pre-scientific Conceptions of Left-Handedness;70
6.2;4.2 The Rise of the Scientific Study of Left-Handers;73
6.3;4.3 Left-Handed Science: The Longevity of Sinistrals;79
6.3.1;4.3.1 Why Think That Left-Handers May Have Reduced Longevity?;80
6.3.2;4.3.2 Study I: The Baseball Encyclopedia (1988);81
6.3.3;4.3.3 Study II: The California Study (1991);83
6.3.4;4.3.4 Study III: Marcel E. Salive et al. (1993);85
6.4;4.4 Left-Handers and Knowledge Production;86
6.5;4.5 Conclusion;90
6.6;References;91
7;5 Icelanders as Subjects of Science;93
7.1;5.1 Introduction;93
7.2;5.2 The Icelandic Health Sector Database: The Plan;96
7.3;5.3 Eugenics, Nationalism, Nazi Experiments and the Icelandic Health Sector Database;99
7.4;5.4 The “Totally Informative Population”;106
7.5;References;112
8;6 Conclusion;115