Jürgen Mittelstrass. Public lecture in Tartu 7th Sept 2010. Published in Akadeemia.

2. Three types of science:

– scientific method (possible to repeat and control, clarity of expression, reasoning)

– institutional (universities)

– science as and idea or lifestyle (references to Greek philosophers)

3. Science as a product. Three types of research:

– basic and theoretical research
– basic but with a possibility to became commercial
– purely commercial purpose

4. Democratic science

Science is both democratic and not.

5. Ethics. Three types of problems.

– Products of science misused – e.g. nuclear bomb
– Ethical problems during the research process (medical experiments)
– Lies and frod

The triangle of problems has following corners – problems and principles of development, of research, and of the ethos.

6. Science and values used to be the same. Not any more.