Springer 05 2015 (1 Ergebnisse)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Springer 05.2015., 2015
Serie: Buch 20 von 42 - Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
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Contents: Contributors - Part I Introductory - 1 Preview - 1 The Technological Origins of Science - 2 Modern Technology Shapes Modern Science - 3 Reflections on a Complex Relationship - 2 Science and Technolog…y: What They Are and Why Their Relation Matters - 1 Introduction - 2 Knowledge Classification - 3 The Mechanical Arts - 4 The Modern Term ''Science'' - 5 The Modern Term ''Technology'' - 6 Interrelations Between Science and Technology - Part II The Technological Origins of Science - 3 Technological Thinking in Science - 1 Introduction - 2 Ancient and Medieval Periods - 2.1 Ancient Science and Technology - 2.2 Medieval Science and Technology The Mechanical Clock - 3 The Scientific Revolution - 3.1 The Mechanical Philosophy - 3.2 The Experimental Philosophy - 3.3 A Technological Ideology in Science - 4 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - 4.1 The Engineering Sciences - 4.2 Thermodynamics - 4.3 Electromagnetism - 4.4 From Science-Based Industry to Industry-Based Science - 5 The Twentieth Century - 5.1 Technoscience - 5.2 The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex - 5.3 Big Science - 6 Conclusions - 4 The Scientific Use of Technological Instruments - 1 Introduction - 2 Positivistic Philosophy of Science - 3 New Experimentalism - 4 Theory-Ladeness of Observation - 4.1 'Experiments Have a Life of Their Own' - 4.2 'Data' Versus 'Meaning of Data' - 4.3 'Representing' Versus 'Intervening' - 5 Underdetermination of Theory by Empirical Data - 5.1 The Self-Vindication of the Laboratory Sciences - 5.2 Epistemology of Experiments and Instruments - 5.3 Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge: Learning from Error - 6 Theory-Ladeness of Instruments - 6.1 Do We See Through a Microscope? - 6.2 Theory-Ladeness of Measurements - 6.3 Nomological Machines - 6.4 Other Types of Theory-Ladeness of Instruments - 7 A Phenomenon-Oriented Perspective: The Material Role of Instruments in Science - 7.1 Epistemic Functions of Instruments - 7.2 Epistemic Things and Tools - 7.3 Theoretical Concepts and Technological Instruments - 8 Conclusions - 5 Experiments Before Science. What Science Learned from Technological Experiments - 1 Introduction - 2 What Is an Experiment? - 3 Two Types of Experimental Inquiry - 4 The Early History of Experimentation - 4.1 Agricultural Experiments - 4.2 Craftspeople's Experiments - 4.3 Early Medical Experiments - 5 The Justification of Directly Action-Guiding Experiments - 5.1 A Very Direct Justification - 5.2 The Unwelcomeness of Theory-Independent Information - 6 The Justification of Epistemic Experiments - 6.1 Two Notions of Causality - 6.2 Experiment and Causation - 7 Problems, Limitations, and Remedies - 7.1 Control Experiments 7.2 Parameter Variation - 7.3 Outcome Measurement - 7.4 Blinding - 7.5 Randomization - 7.6 Statistical Evaluation - 7.7 Summary - 8 Conclusion - References - Part III Modern Technology Shapes Modern Science - 6 Iteration Unleashed. Computer Technology in Science - 1 Introduction - 2 Representing and Intervening - 3 Computational Modeling - 3.1 Iteration - 3.2 Grappling with Exploration - 3.3 From Bracketed to Exploratory Iteration - 4 Epistemic Ramifications - 5 Infrastructure - 6 Conclusion - References - 7 Computer Simulations: A New Mode of Scientific Inquiry? 1 Introduction - 2 Hybrid Practice - 3 The 'Materiality' Debate - 4 Measurements - 5 Internal Validity (Verification) - 6 External Validity (Validation) - 6.1 Duhemian Problem - 6.2 The Perils of Accidental Empirical Adequacy - 6.3 Plasticity and Path Dependency - 7 Modal Knowledge - 8 Shaping the Aims of Science: Tentative Concluding Remarks - References - 8 Adopting a Technological Stance Toward the Living World. Promises, Pitfalls and Perils - 1 Introduction - 2 Part 1: The Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Biological Design - 2.1 That Mystery of Mysteries - 2.2 Design Without a Designer - 2.3 The Cognitive Foundations of Biological Design Attributions - 2.4 The Logical Foundations of Biological Design Attributions - 3 Part 2: Technological Thinking in Biology: The Promise - 3.1 Organisms as Artifacts: The Case of Darwin's Moth - 3.2 Two Worlds of Design - 3.3 Biological Value of the Technological Stance - 4 Part 3: Technological Thinking in Biology: The Pitfalls - 4.1 Organisms as Machines - 4.2 Encouraging Unwarranted Inferences of Intelligent Design - 5 Part 4: Technological Thinking in Biology: The Perils - 5.1 Technology Made Human - 5.2 Ethical Implications of the Technological Stance - 5.3 Does Nature Deserve Respect? - 6 Conclusion - References - Part IV Reflections on a Complex Relationship - 9 Goal Rationality in Science and Technology. An Epistemological Perspective - 1 Introduction - 2 Goal Rationality in Technology - 3 Goal Rationality in Science - 4 Peirce on Belief as the Goal of Inquiry - 5 Rorty on Justification as the Goal of Inquiry - 6 Kaplan on the Irrelevance of Knowledge in Inquiry - 7 Sartwell on Knowledge as Mere True Belief - 8 Conclusion - References - 10 Reflections on Rational Goals in Science and Technology; A Comment on Olsson - 1 Introduction - 2 A Critique of Knowledge as the Goal of Technology - 3 The Context Dependency of the Goal of Technology - 4 What Kind of Rationality? - 5 Conclusion: Rationality and Motivating Goals - References - 11 The Naturalness of the Naturalistic Fallacy and the Ethics of Nanotechnology - 1 Introduction - 2 Some Paradigmatic Examples of Appeals to Nature as a Source of Ethical Norms - 3 The Natural Entanglement of the Natural with the Ethical - 4 External vs. Internal Machines: Is It Still an Important Distinction? - References - 12 Human Well-Being, Nature and Technology.A Comment on Dorato - 1 Introduction - 2 Preliminary Remarks - 3 The Argument from Adaptation - 4 Human Flourishing - 5 Human Well-Being - 6 Implantable Microchips - References - 13 Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology: One or Two Philosophies of One or Two Objects - 1 Intro.
