The Everyday Practice of Science

本申请要求支持准备一本书长度的手稿，题为：“科学的日常实践。“这本书将面向科学家、教育工作者、决策者和对科学感兴趣的公众。对生物医学研究实践的清晰理解对科学监管、政策和教育以及公众对科学的理解具有重要意义。大多数关于科学的描述都是由哲学家和历史学家从理论的角度或由社会学家和人类学家从文化的角度撰写的。相反，PI的观点是 参与日常实践。由此产生的对科学的描述包含了直觉、创造力和激情，而不放弃逻辑、客观性和方法。此外，PI将他对实践的描述与实践的伦理维度的探索相结合，从而将他作为细胞生物学教授和UT西南大学科学与医学项目伦理学主任的角色融合在一起。本书的第一部分将通过关注发现、可信度和自我利益来提供对实践的一般描述。发现意味着学习关于世界的新事物;可信度意味着说服自己的同伴相信自己的发现是正确的;自我利益影响着这个过程的每一步。本书的第二部分 将侧重于实践的具体方面，涉及人类研究，遗传学，以及科学与实践世界的其他方式之间的关系。如果该申请获得资助，PI将在未来三年内投入30%的时间来编写 建议书。

This application requests support for preparation of a book-length manuscript entitled: "The Everyday Practice of Science." The proposed book will be directed towards scientists, educators, policy makers, and the general public interested in science. A clear understanding of the practice of biomedical research has important implications for science regulation, policy, and education as well as the public understanding of science. Most descriptions of science have been written from a theoretical perspective by philosophers and historians or from a cultural perspective by sociologists and anthropologists. In contrast, the PI's point of view is engagement in everyday practice. The resulting description of science embraces intuition, creativity, and passion without abandoning logic, objectivity and method. Moreover, the PI integrates his description of practice with exploration of the ethical dimensions of practice, thereby blending his roles as professor of cell biology and director of the ethics in science and medicine program at UT Southwestern. The first part of the book will offer a general description of practice by focusing on discovery, credibility, and self interest. Discovery means learning new things about the world; credibility means convincing one's peers that the discoveries are correct; self-interest influences every step of the process. The second part of the book will focus on specific aspects of practice relating to human research, genetics, and the relationship between science and other ways of practicing the world. If this application is funded, then the PI intends to devote 30% of his time over the next three years to write the proposed book.