Science, Values and Expertise

We cannot live by scepticism alone* is the title of a Nature essay by Harry Collins calling for a “third wave” in science studies. the editors introduce it thusly:

Scientists have been too dogmatic about scientific truth and sociologists have fostered too much scepticism — social scientists must now elect to put science back at the core of society….

*Nature 458, 30 (5 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/458030a; Published online 4 March 2009