MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN POLITIES
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 387-390
ISSN: 0017-257X
THIS ARTICLE IS A SYMPOSIUM ORIGINATING FROM A CONFERENCE AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS. THE ISSUE ADDRESSED IS THE ADEQUACY, OR LACK THEREOF, OF THE SCIENCES IN PROVIDING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES. THE SYMPOSIASTS AGREE THAT THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT WE KNOW AND NEED TO KNOW IS HISTORICALLY UNIQUE IN SCALE, AND THEY DISCUSS WAYS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.