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Heuristics of Technosciences
Philosophical Framing in the Case of Nanotechnology
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Tomasz Stępień
Confronted with the accelerated development of science and technology the presented analyses are focusing on three predominant theoretical approaches in the philosophy of science and technology: technoscience (STS), technology assessment (TA) and converging technologies (NBIC). On this base are extrapolated the coordinates of the heuristics of technosciences which are recognized as the platform of understanding but also dealing with technoscientific innovations. This concerns especially nanotechnology and the emerging theoretical, methodological, ethical, socio-political controversies and dilemmas. In this manner the book epitomizes the elaborated to date approaches and designs the heuristic turn as the strategy of comprehensive understanding of technosciences.
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- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 384 pp.
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
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- Table of contents
- Heuristic approach in the case of (nano) technosciences. Introductive remarks
- 1.1 The meaning of the terms: ‘science’ and ‘technoscience’
- 1.2 Technoscientific ponderabilities and dilemmas
- 1.3 Epistemic and practical framework
- 1.4 Nano-Technoscience
- 2.1 Public demands and the process of TA-institutionalization
- 2.2.1 Forecasting and scenarios building
- 2.2.2 Models of assessment
- 2.2.3 Participative turn and assessment practice
- 2.3 Technology assessment as ‘governance’ of technosciences
- 3.1 The political background of the NBIC-convergence
- 3.2.1 Convergence and the holistic unity of science
- 3.2.2 The understanding and the fields of convergence
- 3.2.3 Social impacts and potential of converging technologies
- 3.3.1 The tetrahedron model of NBIC-convergence
- 3.3.2 The problem of incommensurability
- 4. Technosciences: Towards ‘convergence’ and ‘assessment’
- 5.1 General understanding of the nano-domain
- 5.2.1 Nano-measurement and calibration procedures
- 5.2.2 Systemic aspects: ‘Nano’ as enabling and infrastructure technology
- 5.2.3 ‘Nano’ as socio-political construct in-between of nature and technology
- 5.3 Transition from ‘science’ to ‘technoscience’
- 5.4 Systematics of the nano-domain: Trading zones and interdisciplinarity
- 6.1 Methodical order: Nano-apparatuses and nano-approaches
- 6.2.1 The iconic background of the nano-development
- 6.2.2 The ‘iconoclash’ and the heuristics of nano-images
- 6.3 Heuristics and the nano-derivate: Synergies in biology and medicine
- 7. Governance of technosciences: Social and political robustness
- 8.1 Nano-safety and nano-toxicology
- 8.2 Nano-risk: Assessment, heuristics and governance
- 9.1 Governance landscape of nanotechnology
- 9.2 Responsible research and innovation in the case of nano-domain
- 9.3 Visions’ assessment: Nano-politics and nano-ideology
- 10.1 Heuristic background of the nano-domain: Nano-ethics and nano-speculations
- 10.2 Ethics of technology and the explorative nano-philosophy
- 10.3 The case of human enhancement
- 10.4 The case of synthetic biology
- Conclusions. The coordinates of the heuristics of (nano) technosciences
- References
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of contents
- Heuristic approach in the case of (nano) technosciences. Introductive remarks
- 1.1 The meaning of the terms: ‘science’ and ‘technoscience’
- 1.2 Technoscientific ponderabilities and dilemmas
- 1.3 Epistemic and practical framework
- 1.4 Nano-Technoscience
- 2.1 Public demands and the process of TA-institutionalization
- 2.2.1 Forecasting and scenarios building
- 2.2.2 Models of assessment
- 2.2.3 Participative turn and assessment practice
- 2.3 Technology assessment as ‘governance’ of technosciences
- 3.1 The political background of the NBIC-convergence
- 3.2.1 Convergence and the holistic unity of science
- 3.2.2 The understanding and the fields of convergence
- 3.2.3 Social impacts and potential of converging technologies
- 3.3.1 The tetrahedron model of NBIC-convergence
- 3.3.2 The problem of incommensurability
- 4. Technosciences: Towards ‘convergence’ and ‘assessment’
- 5.1 General understanding of the nano-domain
- 5.2.1 Nano-measurement and calibration procedures
- 5.2.2 Systemic aspects: ‘Nano’ as enabling and infrastructure technology
- 5.2.3 ‘Nano’ as socio-political construct in-between of nature and technology
- 5.3 Transition from ‘science’ to ‘technoscience’
- 5.4 Systematics of the nano-domain: Trading zones and interdisciplinarity
- 6.1 Methodical order: Nano-apparatuses and nano-approaches
- 6.2.1 The iconic background of the nano-development
- 6.2.2 The ‘iconoclash’ and the heuristics of nano-images
- 6.3 Heuristics and the nano-derivate: Synergies in biology and medicine
- 7. Governance of technosciences: Social and political robustness
- 8.1 Nano-safety and nano-toxicology
- 8.2 Nano-risk: Assessment, heuristics and governance
- 9.1 Governance landscape of nanotechnology
- 9.2 Responsible research and innovation in the case of nano-domain
- 9.3 Visions’ assessment: Nano-politics and nano-ideology
- 10.1 Heuristic background of the nano-domain: Nano-ethics and nano-speculations
- 10.2 Ethics of technology and the explorative nano-philosophy
- 10.3 The case of human enhancement
- 10.4 The case of synthetic biology
- Conclusions. The coordinates of the heuristics of (nano) technosciences
- References
- Abbreviations
- Index
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Heuristic approach in the case of (nano) technosciences. Introductive remarks
Part A. Technosciences: Approaches and models
1. Constructing technosciences
1.1 The meaning of the terms: ‘science’ and ‘technoscience’
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of contents
- Heuristic approach in the case of (nano) technosciences. Introductive remarks
- 1.1 The meaning of the terms: ‘science’ and ‘technoscience’
- 1.2 Technoscientific ponderabilities and dilemmas
- 1.3 Epistemic and practical framework
- 1.4 Nano-Technoscience
- 2.1 Public demands and the process of TA-institutionalization
- 2.2.1 Forecasting and scenarios building
- 2.2.2 Models of assessment
- 2.2.3 Participative turn and assessment practice
- 2.3 Technology assessment as ‘governance’ of technosciences
- 3.1 The political background of the NBIC-convergence
- 3.2.1 Convergence and the holistic unity of science
- 3.2.2 The understanding and the fields of convergence
- 3.2.3 Social impacts and potential of converging technologies
- 3.3.1 The tetrahedron model of NBIC-convergence
- 3.3.2 The problem of incommensurability
- 4. Technosciences: Towards ‘convergence’ and ‘assessment’
- 5.1 General understanding of the nano-domain
- 5.2.1 Nano-measurement and calibration procedures
- 5.2.2 Systemic aspects: ‘Nano’ as enabling and infrastructure technology
- 5.2.3 ‘Nano’ as socio-political construct in-between of nature and technology
- 5.3 Transition from ‘science’ to ‘technoscience’
- 5.4 Systematics of the nano-domain: Trading zones and interdisciplinarity
- 6.1 Methodical order: Nano-apparatuses and nano-approaches
- 6.2.1 The iconic background of the nano-development
- 6.2.2 The ‘iconoclash’ and the heuristics of nano-images
- 6.3 Heuristics and the nano-derivate: Synergies in biology and medicine
- 7. Governance of technosciences: Social and political robustness
- 8.1 Nano-safety and nano-toxicology
- 8.2 Nano-risk: Assessment, heuristics and governance
- 9.1 Governance landscape of nanotechnology
- 9.2 Responsible research and innovation in the case of nano-domain
- 9.3 Visions’ assessment: Nano-politics and nano-ideology
- 10.1 Heuristic background of the nano-domain: Nano-ethics and nano-speculations
- 10.2 Ethics of technology and the explorative nano-philosophy
- 10.3 The case of human enhancement
- 10.4 The case of synthetic biology
- Conclusions. The coordinates of the heuristics of (nano) technosciences
- References
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of contents
- Heuristic approach in the case of (nano) technosciences. Introductive remarks
- 1.1 The meaning of the terms: ‘science’ and ‘technoscience’
- 1.2 Technoscientific ponderabilities and dilemmas
- 1.3 Epistemic and practical framework
- 1.4 Nano-Technoscience
- 2.1 Public demands and the process of TA-institutionalization
- 2.2.1 Forecasting and scenarios building
- 2.2.2 Models of assessment
- 2.2.3 Participative turn and assessment practice
- 2.3 Technology assessment as ‘governance’ of technosciences
- 3.1 The political background of the NBIC-convergence
- 3.2.1 Convergence and the holistic unity of science
- 3.2.2 The understanding and the fields of convergence
- 3.2.3 Social impacts and potential of converging technologies
- 3.3.1 The tetrahedron model of NBIC-convergence
- 3.3.2 The problem of incommensurability
- 4. Technosciences: Towards ‘convergence’ and ‘assessment’
- 5.1 General understanding of the nano-domain
- 5.2.1 Nano-measurement and calibration procedures
- 5.2.2 Systemic aspects: ‘Nano’ as enabling and infrastructure technology
- 5.2.3 ‘Nano’ as socio-political construct in-between of nature and technology
- 5.3 Transition from ‘science’ to ‘technoscience’
- 5.4 Systematics of the nano-domain: Trading zones and interdisciplinarity
- 6.1 Methodical order: Nano-apparatuses and nano-approaches
- 6.2.1 The iconic background of the nano-development
- 6.2.2 The ‘iconoclash’ and the heuristics of nano-images
- 6.3 Heuristics and the nano-derivate: Synergies in biology and medicine
- 7. Governance of technosciences: Social and political robustness
- 8.1 Nano-safety and nano-toxicology
- 8.2 Nano-risk: Assessment, heuristics and governance
- 9.1 Governance landscape of nanotechnology
- 9.2 Responsible research and innovation in the case of nano-domain
- 9.3 Visions’ assessment: Nano-politics and nano-ideology
- 10.1 Heuristic background of the nano-domain: Nano-ethics and nano-speculations
- 10.2 Ethics of technology and the explorative nano-philosophy
- 10.3 The case of human enhancement
- 10.4 The case of synthetic biology
- Conclusions. The coordinates of the heuristics of (nano) technosciences
- References
- Abbreviations
- Index