10 Uncertainty of technoscientific knowledge
This chapter is devoted to the enhancement and integration of information concerning various sources of uncertainty of scientific knowledge, including sources already identified in the previous chapters. The importance of this issue is closely related to the risk of using uncertain knowledge for solving practical problems, in particular, the risk involved in using technoscientific knowledge for solving problems in such areas as: healthcare, expert testimony, environmental policies or science education1. The risk associated with the latter area may be much retarded but extremely detrimental because of the large number of people exposed to institutional education.
Contrary to the common belief of ...
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