D. Jamieson, SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY AND THE POLITICAL-PROCESS, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 545, 1996, pp. 35-43
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13
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Political Science","Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Tn this article, a notion of scientific uncertainty is sketched that i
s in many ways different from the prevailing view. Scientific uncertai
nty is not simply an objective value that can be reduced by science al
one. Rather, scientific uncertainty is constructed both by science and
by society in order to serve certain purposes. Recognizing the social
role of scientific uncertainty will help us to see how many of our pr
oblems about risk are deeply cultural and cannot be overcome simply by
the application of more and better science.