Warwick Fox

This paper presents an argument that emphasises the following points: the importance of public education; the essential difficulty facing all involved in public education that is aimed at sustaining a biologically and culturally rich world; the recognition of science as having both a technical agenda and an interpretive agenda; the scientific interpretation of the universe: an evolutionary and ecological world-view; and the importance of the interpretive agenda of science for public education and the obligation of scientists to promote this agenda.