On Identifying Plausibility and Deliberative Public Policy : Commentary on: “Negotiating Plausibility: Intervening in the Future of Nanotechnology”

Abstract

The identification of plausible epistemic approaches in science as well as the social problem definitions with which scientists implicitly work is essential for the quality of a deliberative public policy. While responding to the Nanofutures project, I will reflect on the essential elements of such a policy.