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What is taken to be an objective fact is in effect the decision of a particular community of inquirers and the theoretical presuppositions to which they subscribe.
Citizens, Experts, and the Environment - The Politics of Local Knowledge
Frank Fischer
There is an interesting dilemma here for academic research – if the standards of evidence are too high, then little may be learnt, but if they are too low, what we learn (or think we learn) may not be reliable. The world of policy-making and public action, however, is different from that of academic research. In that universe, we have good reason to make constructive use of experience. Indeed, without it, we would be deprived of rich sources of insight and forced to take decisions based on very limited knowledge.
Sense and Solidarity
Jean Drèze
The Marshall Plan delivered aid to Europe at the end of World War II “in accordance with U.S. interests,” providing support while channeling “profits towards American companies.” It “served ‘as vehicles for the transport of U.S. imperialist ideology,’” in theory generating surplus revenue for US corporations while “forestalling communism,” all while allowing the US to “appear to be a benefactor.”
Health Communism
Beatrice Adler-Bolton;Artie Vierkant
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