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Philosophy of NanoTechnoScience

Nordmann, Alfred
Hrsg.: Schmid, Günter (2008)
Philosophy of NanoTechnoScience.
In: Principles and Fundamentals
Buchkapitel, Erstveröffentlichung

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Nanoscientific research has been characterized as an “engineering way of being in science.” This mode of research calls for a philosophy of technoscience that investigates the four questions: i) What is the role of theory and theory-development in nanoscale research, and what kinds of theories are needed for nanotechnological development? ii) What are the preferred methods and tools and the associated modes of reasoning in nanoscientific research? iii) What is nanotechnoscience and how are its objects constituted? iv) What kind of knowledge do technoscientific researchers typically produce and communicate? The consideration of these questions yields a survey of nanotechnoscience in terms of disciplinary questions (a complex field partially disclosed by stretching closed theories), of methodology (constructions and qualitative judgments of likeness), of ontology (a thin conception of nature as unlimited potential), and of epistemology (acquisition and demonstration of capabilities). In all four cases, the strictly philosophical discussion leads to societal dimensions and questions of value.

Typ des Eintrags: Buchkapitel
Erschienen: 2008
Herausgeber: Schmid, Günter
Autor(en): Nordmann, Alfred
Art des Eintrags: Erstveröffentlichung
Titel: Philosophy of NanoTechnoScience
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2008
Ort: Weinheim
Verlag: Wiley
Buchtitel: Principles and Fundamentals
Reihe: Nanotechnology
Band einer Reihe: Vol 1
URL / URN: http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/6991
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Nanoscientific research has been characterized as an “engineering way of being in science.” This mode of research calls for a philosophy of technoscience that investigates the four questions: i) What is the role of theory and theory-development in nanoscale research, and what kinds of theories are needed for nanotechnological development? ii) What are the preferred methods and tools and the associated modes of reasoning in nanoscientific research? iii) What is nanotechnoscience and how are its objects constituted? iv) What kind of knowledge do technoscientific researchers typically produce and communicate? The consideration of these questions yields a survey of nanotechnoscience in terms of disciplinary questions (a complex field partially disclosed by stretching closed theories), of methodology (constructions and qualitative judgments of likeness), of ontology (a thin conception of nature as unlimited potential), and of epistemology (acquisition and demonstration of capabilities). In all four cases, the strictly philosophical discussion leads to societal dimensions and questions of value.

URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-69915
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft > 000 Allgemeines, Wissenschaft
100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 500 Naturwissenschaften
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Philosophie
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
Hinterlegungsdatum: 04 Mär 2018 20:55
Letzte Änderung: 04 Mär 2018 20:55
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