Foucault and the Human Subject of Science (Paperback)

Gardar Arnason

ISBN 10: 3030028127 / ISBN 13: 9783030028121

Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, 2018

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Paperback. This book offers a clear analysis of Foucaults work on scientific knowledge and its relationship to individuals and society. It suggests a way of using Foucaults 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 Foucaults work on science. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foucault and the Human Subject of Science (Paperback)
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030028127
• ISBN 13: 9783030028121
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

​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.

About the Author

​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.