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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2014
THIS THOUGHT-PROVOKING SYMPOSIUM ORIGINATED IN A small conference organized at the London School of Economics by Government and Opposition and the papers printed here have been revised — in many cases extensively — by their authors in the light of the discussion there. With a single exception (Sir Arthur Knight) all the contributors are members of the Editorial Board or the Advisory Board of Government and Opposition, and the idea for the symposium was first put forward by one of the Editors, Professor Isabel de Madariaga.
The central issue addressed in the symposium is the adequacy or otherwise of the sciences, natural and social, in providing the information required by people in various capacities — as citizens, business leaders, politicians, judges, and so on — if they are to act intelligently.
1 The participants in the conference held on 16–17 March 1989 were as follows: Professor Brian Barry (London School of Economics); Professor Michael Biddiss (University of Reading); Dr Henry Cavanna (Fondation Internationale de Sciences Humaines, Paris); Mr Nigel Clive (London); Professor S.E. Finer (University of Oxford); Professor Hugh Freeman (University of Salford); Professor Julius Gould (University of Nottingham); Professor G. Ionescu (University of Manchester); Dr Catherine Jones (University of Birmingham); Sir Arthur Knight (London); Mr Kelvin Knight (London School of Economics); Professor Isabel de Madariaga (University of London); Professor Kenneth Minogue (London School of Economics); Dr Edwina Moreton (London); Professor Geraint Parry (University of Manchester); Dr I.G. Patel (Director, London School of Economics); Mr M.V. Posner (Strasbourg); Professor Giovanni Sartori (Columbia University); Professor Edward Shils (University of Chicago and Peterhouse, Cambridge); Professor Roger Williams (University of Manchester).
The organizers of the conference on ‘Modern Knowledge and Modern Politics’ would like to thank the International Foundation for Human Sciences, New York and Paris, for the grant towards conference expenses.