Responsible research and innovation: coming to grips with an ambitious concept

Carrier, Martin and Irzık, Gürol (2019) Responsible research and innovation: coming to grips with an ambitious concept. Synthese . ISSN 0039-7857 (Print) 1573-0964 (Online) Published Online First http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02319-1

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Abstract

This Introduction to the Special Issue on “Responsible Research and Innovation” (RRI) outlines features of the philosophical debate about the concepts involved and summarizes the papers assembled in this issue. The topic of RRI is widely discussed in science studies and has made its way into science policy. This SI is intended to make the contributions of philosophers of science more visible. The philosophically relevant parts of the field concern, among others, the processes of public participation in science and their impact on the knowledge produced, the notion of justified public trust in science, and the idea of research pursued for the common good. Such topics bring social procedures together with epistemic and ethical considerations and thus raise philosophical challenges. RRI is subject to the tension between committing research to creating knowledge in harmony with public expectations, on the one hand, while not complying with public wishful thinking, on the other. RRI embodies a friction between serving people’s aspirations and correcting people’s expectations. This special issue is intended to explore the narrow pathway left between these conflicting demands.
Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Cultural Studies
Depositing User: Gürol Irzık
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2019 10:16
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 10:06
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/37433

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