Péter Hartl is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group. His research focuses on epistemology and the history of philosophy (Hume, Michael Polanyi). He published papers on Polanyi, Hume, and modal epistemology. He co-edited "The Value of Truth" special issue for Synthese. His monograph on Hume is under contract.Adam Tamas Tuboly is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, MTA BTK Lendület Morals and Science Research Group, and a research fellow at the Institute of Transdisciplinary Discoveries, Medical School, University of Pécs. He works on the history of logical empiricism and has edited numerous volumes on it.

• 1. Science, Freedom, Democracy: IntroductionPéter Hartl and Adam Tamas TubolyPart I. Academic Freedom and Other Values in Science and Society2. Michael Polanyi's Post-Critical Vision of Science and SocietyPhil Mullins3. The Ethos of Science and Central Planning: Merton and Michael Polanyi on the Autonomy of SciencePéter Hartl4. Scientific Freedom and Social Responsibility Heather Douglas5. Bacon’s PromiseJanet KouranyPart II: Democracy and Citizen Participation in Science6. Which Science, Which Democracy, and Which Freedom?Hans Radder7. Participatory Democracy and Multi-Strategic ResearchHugh Lacey8. Public Opinion, Democratic Legitimacy, and Epistemic CompromiseDustin OlsonPart III: Freedom and Pluralism in Scientific Methodology and Values9. Are Transparency and Representativeness of Values Hampering Scientific Pluralism?Jeroen Van Bouwel10. Max Weber’s Value-Judgment and the Problem of Science Policy-makingLidia Godek

"Hartl and Tuboly edited this timely collection of ten essays examining the tangled connections between the principles of liberal democracy and those of scientific research. This text is an important compilation of current scholarship on how the values of liberal democracy and the values of scientific research can either support each other or be in conflict. Summing up: Recommended."CHOICE