Using Knowledge
On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2017
208 pages
978-1-4985-4110-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Using Knowledge: On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine Ingemar Nordin analyses the philosophical problems and nature of science, technology, and medicine. The main focus of the book is on the structure and dynamics of technological change. What implications do the goals of technology have for its rationality? How can the pragmatic problem of induction be solved within a fallibilistic and skeptical context? Nordin shows that the social context is of vital importance for the goal of technology (usefulness) and its rational development, with important consequences for how to design a techno policy in society. A rational technological development needs technological pluralism since knowledge of what is useful is scattered among millions of users.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 BW Illustration, 5 Tables
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-4110-7 (9781498541107)
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Book
07/2017
Lexington Books
€122.30
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Person
Ingemar Nordin is professor of philosophy at Linköping University.
Content
Introduction
Chapter I: Science and Technology
Chapter II: Functionality and Certainty
Chapter III: Philosophical Explorations
Chapter IV: Usefulness
Chapter V: Models of Technology
Chapter VI: Technological Paradigms
Chapter VII: The Question of Rationality
Chapter VIII: An Illustration: Medicine
Chapter IX: The Tools of Science
Bibliography
Chapter I: Science and Technology
Chapter II: Functionality and Certainty
Chapter III: Philosophical Explorations
Chapter IV: Usefulness
Chapter V: Models of Technology
Chapter VI: Technological Paradigms
Chapter VII: The Question of Rationality
Chapter VIII: An Illustration: Medicine
Chapter IX: The Tools of Science
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