Ragioni della scienza e ragioni politiche. Alcune considerazioni filosofiche

Scientific reasons and politic reasons. Some philosophical considerations. The contradictions
and insecurities generated by the pandemic have put the “reasons” of science, the criteria of its objectivity and its relationship with politics back at the center of public
discussion. The present contribution starts from Foucaultian reflection on epidemics
in which the deep link between science and social space is very evident and leads to a
reflection on the relationship between science and politics. In the first part, the essay
dwells on the interweaving of medicine in the modern age; in the second part it
analyses the debate that developed in the second half of the twentieth century about
the social dimension of scientific knowledge; in the concluding part it analyses the link
between science and politics, and more extensively between science and powers.