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SUMMARY:Wishful speaking: science\, truth and dictatorship - Stephen John 
 (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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DESCRIPTION:In 1948 a meeting at the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Science
 s decided \nthat Michurinism - an account of epigenetic inheritance more c
 ommonly \nknown as Lysenkoism - was preferable to Mendelianism\, with sign
 ificant \nimplications for teaching and research. Many treat the Lysenko a
 ffair as \na paradigmatic example of how politics and science should not r
 elate. \nHow\, though\, should we characterise this case\, given recent cl
 aims that \nscientific justification cannot or should not be "value-free"?
  This \npaper investigates these issues\, arguing that concerns over "wish
 ful \nspeaking" - rather than the more familiar "wishful thinking" - shoul
 d be \ncentral to our thinking about the proper relationship between polit
 ical \ninstitutions and scientific practice.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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