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“It's not at all a bad idea for scientific questions to be chosen because a democratic deliberation would identify them as important for people's lives.”

Quote by Philip Kitcher

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Philip Kitcher, born on February 20, 1947, is a philosopher, writer, and academic. His research interests are primarily in the fields of philosophy of science, epistemology, and moral philosophy. more

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