公众参与科学的STS理论述评

Review on the STS Theory of Public Engagement in Science

随着科学技术进入公共领域,科学和公众之间的关系受到越来越多的关注,公众参与科学成为STS领域的一个重要研究主题。公民认识论、专长规范论和拉图尔的政治生态学是其中最具代表性的三项理论成果。它们将描述性和规范性问题相结合,为科学技术在公共领域的理论分析创造了条件。不同于以往对三种理论分别进行介绍,本文通过重新诠释三条理论进路并对它们进行比较分析,为我国的科技治理提供启发。

As science and technology enter the public domain,the relationship between science and the public has received more and more attention,and public engagement in science has become an important research topic in the field of STS.The normative theory of expertise,civic epistemology,and Latour’s political ecology are the three most representative theoretical contributions.They combine descriptive and normative issues to create conditions for the theoretical analysis of science and technology in the public domain.Unlike the previous introductions of the three theories,by reinterpreting the three theoretical approaches and comparing them,this article inspires the public engagement dimension for the science and technology governance in China.