Taking Responsibility for Scientific Discourse

Beyond Bristol: taking responsibility.

Responsibility for Technological Development by Discourse

This article takes a look at the relationship between technology and responsibility. The sometimes catastrophic results of technology have led to demands for the assumption of responsibility for technological development. Assuming responsibility can be realized individually, through technology assessment or through societal measures, I introduce a concept of responsibility based on discourse et...

Rethinking scientific responsibility

Researchers should be made co-responsible for the wider consequences of their research focus and the application of their findings. This paper describes a meta-reflection procedure that can be used as a tool to enhance scientific responsibility and reflective practice. The point of departure is that scientific practice is situated in power relations, has direction and, consequently, power impli...

Modeling Scientific Discourse

We aim to build intelligent systems which can reason autonomously about the risk of carcinogenicity of chemicals, drawing on whatever theoretical or experimental evidence is available. In earlier work [14], reviewing the literature on methods of carcinogen risk assessment, we catalogued the different types of evidence adduced to support these claims, which may be in the form of: experimental re...

Risk and Responsibility In the GMO Discourse