Of course! Analysing to what end/interest society applies (or ignores)
science -- is at the heart of improved disaster management.
Somewhat relevant, a thought-provoking pre - Katrina article predicted a
similar disaster. Includes USGS's Bob Morton saying oil and gas production
could be a factor in wetland subsidence.
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/
"Musson, Roger MW"
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One reference to Habermas doesn't seem to me to constitute a subversion of
the mailing list into a Marxist philosophy discussion group. One cannot
address disaster management without addressing social issues, and therefore
reference to social philosophy is not irrelevant. A Marxist or neo-Marxist
view is one possible perspective. There are also others. Is there a problem
here?
Roger Musson
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> Benny
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> I'm just wondering whether this mailing list is about Marxist
> philosophy or
> about disaster research and effective disaster management?
>
> Benny Peiser
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