Science, Our Benevolent Monster

Trevor Pinch, professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University

Pinch will argue that the best knowledge we as humans have achieved so far—scientific knowledge—is fundamentally social knowledge. He will explore what follows from this for thinking about scientific and technological expertise and our relationship to such experts, as well as offer the notion of a Golem—a friendly benevolent monster—as a way of thinking about science.

This Phi Beta Kappa lecture is an Arts and Letters/Engineering special event // Sponsored by the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values

Originally published at al.nd.edu.