The role of technology in science [electronic resource] : philosophical perspectives / Sven Ove Hansson, editor.
Hansson, Sven Ove, 1951- editor.
2015
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Title The role of technology in science [electronic resource] : philosophical perspectives / Sven Ove Hansson, editor.
ISBN 9789401797627 electronic book
9401797625 electronic book
9789401797610
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9762-7
Published Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, [2015]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-94-017-9762-7 doi
Call Number T45
Dewey Decimal Classification 600
Summary This edited volume explores the interplay between philosophies in a wide-ranging analysis of how technological applications in science inform our systems of thought. Beginning with a historical background, the volume moves on to explore a host of topics, such as the uses of technology in scientific observations and experiments, the salient relationship between technology and mechanistic notions in science, and the ways in which today?s vast and increasing computing power helps scientists achieve results that were previously unattainable. Technology allows today?s researchers to gather, in a matter of hours, data that would previously have taken weeks or months to assemble. It also acts as a kind of metaphor bank, providing biologists in particular with analogies (the heart as a ?pump?, the nervous system as a ?computer network?) that have become common linguistic currency. This book also examines the fundamental epistemological distinctions between technology and science and assesses their continued relevance. Given the increasing amalgamation of the philosophies of science and technology, this fresh addition to the literature features pioneering work in a promising new field that will appeal both to philosophers and scientific historiographers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Hansson, Sven Ove, 1951- editor.
Series Philosophy of engineering and technology ; Volume 18.
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Preface
Contributors
Part I. Introductory
Preview; Sven Ove Hansson
Chapter 1. Science and technology. What they are and why their relation matters; Sven Ove Hansson.-Part II. The technological origins of science
Chapter 2. Technological thinking in science; David F. Channell
Chapter 3. The scientific use of technological instruments; Mieke Boon
Chapter 4. Experiments before science. What science learned from technological experiments Sven Ove Hansson
Part III. Modern technology shapes modern science
Chapter 5. Iteration unleashed. Computer technology in science; Johannes Lenhard
Chapter 6. Computer simulations: a new mode of scientific inquiry?; Stéphanie Ruphy
Chapter 7. Adopting a technological stance toward the living world. Promises, pitfalls and perils; Russell Powell
Part IV. Reflections on a complex relationship
Chapter 8. Goal rationality in science and technology. An epistemological perspective; Erik J. Olsson
Chapter 9. Reflections on rational goals in science and technology. A comment on Olsson; Peter Kroes
Chapter 10. The naturalness of the naturalistic fallacy and the ethics of nanotechnology; Maoro Dorato
Chapter 11. Human well-being, nature and technology; Ibo van de Poel
Chapter 12. Philosophy of science and philosophy of technology: one or two philosophies of one or two objects?; Maarten Franssen.

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