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Visual Representations in Science
Concept and Epistemology
Häftad, 2020
693 kr
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Visual representations (photographs, diagrams, etc.) play crucial roles in scientific processes. They help, for example, to communicate research results and hypotheses to scientific peers as well as to the lay audience. In genuine research activities they are used as evidence or as surrogates for …
Standardization in Measurement
Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues
Av Oliver Schlaudt, Lara Huber
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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The application of standard measurement is a cornerstone of modern science. In this collection of essays, standardization of procedure, units of measurement and the epistemology of standardization are addressed by specialists from sociology, history and the philosophy of science.
Post-Truth Imaginations
New Starting Points for Critique of Politics and Technoscience
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book engages with post-truth as a problem of societal order and for scholarly analysis. It claims that post-truth discourse is more deeply entangled with main Western imaginations of knowledge societies than commonly recognised. Scholarly responses to post-truth have not fully addressed these …
History of Technoscience
Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology
Häftad, 2019
924 kr
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Are science and technology independent of one another? Is technology dependent upon science, and if so, how is it dependent? Is science dependent upon technology, and if so how is it dependent? Or, are science and technology becoming so interdependent that the line dividing them has become totally …
Environments of Intelligence
From natural information to artificial interaction
Av Hajo Greif
Häftad, 2019
372 kr
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What is the role of the environment, and of the information it provides, in cognition? More specifically, may there be a role for certain artefacts to play in this context? These are questions that motivate "4E" theories of cognition (as being embodied, embedded, extended, enactive). In his take on …
Reflections on the Practice of Physics
James Clerk Maxwell’s Methodological Odyssey in Electromagnetism
Av Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell’s contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways …
From Models to Simulations
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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This book analyses the impact computerization has had on contemporary science and explains the origins, technical nature and epistemological consequences of the current decisive interplay between technology and science: an intertwining of formalism, computation, data acquisition, data and …
Scientists' Expertise as Performance
Between State and Society, 1860–1960
Av Joris Vandendriessche, Evert Peeters m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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The essays in this collection explore our reliance on experts within a historical context and across a wide range of fields, including agriculture, engineering, health sciences and labour management. Contributors argue that experts were highly aware of their audiences and used performance to gain …
Reform of the International System of Units (SI)
Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues
Av Nadine de Courtenay, Olivier Darrigol m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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Systems of units still fail to attract the philosophical attention they deserve, but this could change with the current reform of the International System of Units (SI). Most of the SI base units will henceforth be based on certain laws of nature and a choice of fundamental constants whose values …
Material Hermeneutics
Reversing the Linguistic Turn
Av Don Ihde
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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Material Hermeneutics explores the ways in which new imaging technologies and scientific instruments have changed our notions about ancient history. From the first lunar calendar to the black hole image, and from an ancient mummy in the Italian Alps to the irrigated valleys of Mesopotamia, this …
Material Hermeneutics
Reversing the Linguistic Turn
Av Don Ihde
Häftad, 2023
665 kr
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Material Hermeneutics explores the ways in which new imaging technologies and scientific instruments have changed our notions about ancient history. From the first lunar calendar to the black hole image, and from an ancient mummy in the Italian Alps to the irrigated valleys of Mesopotamia, this …
Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences
Unnatural Kinds
Häftad, 2021
704 kr
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This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume …
Nanotechnology and Its Governance
Av Arie Rip
Häftad, 2021
704 kr
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This book charts the development of nanotechnology in relation to society from the early years of the twenty-first century. It offers a sustained analysis of the life of nanotechnology, from the laboratory to society, from scientific promises to societal governance, and attempts to modulate …
Past, Present, and Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Av Emily Herring, Kevin Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
704 kr
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Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (iHPS) is commonly understood as the study of science from a combined historical and philosophical perspective. Yet, since its gradual formation as a research field, the question of how to suitably integrate both perspectives remains open. This volume …
Past, Present, and Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Av Emily Herring, Kevin Jones m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2519 kr
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Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (iHPS) is commonly understood as the study of science from a combined historical and philosophical perspective. Yet, since its gradual formation as a research field, the question of how to suitably integrate both perspectives remains open. This volume …
Mysterious Science of the Sea, 1775–1943
Häftad, 2021
708 kr
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The depths of the oceans are the last example of terra incognita on earth. Adamowsky presents a study of the sea, arguing that – contrary to popular belief – post-Enlightenment discourse on the sea was still subject to mystery and wonder, and not wholly rationalized by science.
Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity
Studies in Science, Society and Sustainability
Häftad, 2023
649 kr
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Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production. This book introduces a Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity at the intersection of science, society and sustainability. In light of the ambivalence of the technosciences and the challenge of sustainable development in the …
Living in a Nuclear World
From Fukushima to Hiroshima
Av Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Soraya Boudia m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2594 kr
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The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how nuclear technology has shaped the world we live in, and how we have come to live with it. Since the first nuclear detonation (Trinity test) and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all in 1945, nuclear technology has profoundly …
Living in a Nuclear World
From Fukushima to Hiroshima
Av Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Soraya Boudia m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
669 kr
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The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how nuclear technology has shaped the world we live in, and how we have come to live with it. Since the first nuclear detonation (Trinity test) and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all in 1945, nuclear technology has profoundly …
Post-Truth Imaginations
New Starting Points for Critique of Politics and Technoscience
Häftad, 2023
649 kr
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This book engages with post-truth as a problem of societal order and for scholarly analysis. It claims that post-truth discourse is more deeply entangled with main Western imaginations of knowledge societies than commonly recognised. Scholarly responses to post-truth have not fully addressed these …
Reflections on the Practice of Physics
James Clerk Maxwell’s Methodological Odyssey in Electromagnetism
Av Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein
Häftad, 2021
708 kr
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This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell’s contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways …
Hermeneutics, History, and Technology
The Call of the Future
Av Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2519 kr
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For better and worse, the future is often conceived in technological terms. Technology is supposed to meet the challenge of climate change or resource depletion. And when one asks about the world in 20 or 100 years, answers typically revolve around AI, genome editing, or geoengineering. There is …
Hermeneutics, History, and Technology
The Call of the Future
Av Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
649 kr
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For better and worse, the future is often conceived in technological terms. Technology is supposed to meet the challenge of climate change or resource depletion. And when one asks about the world in 20 or 100 years, answers typically revolve around AI, genome editing, or geoengineering. There is …
Translations of Responsibility
Innovation Governance in Three European Regions
Av Thomas Völker, Rasmus Slaattelid m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2519 kr
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In 2020, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of TRANSFORM was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into the research and innovation policies of three European regions: Lombardy, Brussels, …
Translations of Responsibility
Innovation Governance in Three European Regions
Av Thomas Völker, Rasmus Slaattelid m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
708 kr
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In 2020, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of TRANSFORM was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into the research and innovation policies of three European regions: Lombardy, Brussels, …
Living Techno-Natures
Biohybrid Objects, Life, and Technology
Av Josef Barla, Marco Tamborini
Inbunden, 2026
2594 kr
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Evolutionary algorithms that imitate nature to solve technical problems, synthetic DNA that turns plants into living data archives, and the use of autonomous machines inside living bodies are just a few examples suggesting that the boundaries between life and technology have become fundamentally …
From Models to Simulations
Inbunden, 2018
2519 kr
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This book analyses the impact computerization has had on contemporary science and explains the origins, technical nature and epistemological consequences of the current decisive interplay between technology and science: an intertwining of formalism, computation, data acquisition, data and …
Visual Representations in Science
Concept and Epistemology
Inbunden, 2018
2519 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Visual representations (photographs, diagrams, etc.) play crucial roles in scientific processes. They help, for example, to communicate research results and hypotheses to scientific peers as well as to the lay audience. In genuine research activities they are used as evidence or as surrogates for …
Environments of Intelligence
From natural information to artificial interaction
Av Hajo Greif
Inbunden, 2017
1000 kr
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What is the role of the environment, and of the information it provides, in cognition? More specifically, may there be a role for certain artefacts to play in this context? These are questions that motivate "4E" theories of cognition (as being embodied, embedded, extended, enactive). In his take on …
Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity
Studies in Science, Society and Sustainability
Inbunden, 2021
2519 kr
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Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production. This book introduces a Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity at the intersection of science, society and sustainability. In light of the ambivalence of the technosciences and the challenge of sustainable development in the …
