Field Philosophy and the Societal Value of Basic Research.

Although Frodeman and Briggle briefly address some critical interpretations of Socrates (15-16), they still see him as a worthy representative of field philosophy, who certainly deserves tenure. This appraisal of basic science is not meant as an endorsement of the scientistic doctrine that science, and only science, is the royal road to solving all our problems. Furthermore, in contrast to what is suggested by critics of the so-called linear model of the relation between science and technology, including Frodeman and Briggle (137-139), we do not need to interpret basic research as a sufficient, or even as a strictly necessary, condition of technological invention and economic or social innovation. Krisis 2019, Issue 1 123 www.krisis.eu Field Philosophy and the Societal Value of Basic Research Hans Radder Review of Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle (2016), Socrates tenured: The institutions of 21st-century philosophy. [Extracted from the article]