Download or read book Filosofia Da Ci ncia E Da Tecnologia written by João Francisco Regis de Morais and published by Papirus Editora. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Filosofia da ci ncia e da tecnologia written by Regis de Morais and published by Papirus Editora. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dividido em três partes – A ciência e seus caminhos, A realidade tecnológica, e Perspectivas antropológicas –, o livro apresenta uma reflexão sobre a ciência e a tecnologia desenvolvidas pelo homem no decorrer da história, a partir do ponto de vista filosófico. O autor busca oferecer aos estudantes, sobretudo universitários, os elementos essenciais para a formação de uma visão crítica sobre o tema. - Papirus Editora
Download or read book Epistemolog a written by Mario Bunge and published by Siglo XXI. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El presente libro es un curso de actualización de filosofía de la ciencia. Su autor expone algunos de los problemas más candentes de la filosofía de las ciencias formales, naturales y sociales, así como de la ingeniería y la medicina. Obra dirigida especialmente al público hispanoamericano.
Download or read book Tecnolog a written by Miguel Ángel Quintanilla and published by Fondo de Cultura Economica. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La tecnología transforma la realidad, la manera en que la conocemos e, incluso, nuestros valores éticos; constituye un campo de gran interés para los estudios filosóficos por las repercusiones sociales y económicas del desarrollo tecnológico. Este libro propone un marco general para el estudio filosófico de la tecnología y el desarrollo tecnológico y da elementos para comprender la naturaleza y el valor de la tecnología para la humanidad.
Download or read book Science Technology and Society written by Wenceslao J. González and published by Netbiblo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis on the realm of Science, Technology and Society or Science and Technology Studies may have the same degree of relevance that the “historical turn” had in the past. It is a “social turn” which affects philosophy of science as well as philosophy of technology. It includes a new vision of the aims, processes and results of scientific activities and technological doings, because the focus of attention is on several aspects of science and technology which used to be considered as secondary, or even irrelevant. This turn highlights science and technology as social undertakings rather than intellectual contents. According to this new vision, there are several important changes as to what should be studied the objects of research, how it should be studied the method and what the consequences for those studies are. The new focus of attention can be seen in many changes, and among them are several of special interest: a) from what science and technology are in themselves (mainly, epistemic contents) to how science and technology are made (largely, social constructions); b) from the language and structure of basic science to the characteristics of applied science and the applications of science; c) from technology as a feature through which human beings control their natural surroundings (a step beyond “technics” due to the contribution of science) to technology as a social practice and an instrument of power; and d) from the role of internal values necessary for “mature science” and “innovative technology” to the role of contextual or external values (cultural, political, economic ...) of science and technology. Wenceslao J. Gonzalez is professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of A Coruña (Spain). He has been vicedean of the School of Humanities and president of the Committee of Doctoral Programs at the University. He has been a visting researcher at the Universities of St. Andrews, Münster and London (London School of Economics), as well as Visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. He has given lectures at the Universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, Quebec and Helsinki. The conferences in which he has participated include those organized by the Universities of Uppsala, New South Wales, Bologne and Canterbury (New Zealand). He has edited 20 volumes and published 70 papers. He is the editor of the monographic issues on Philosophy and Methodology of Economics (1998) and Lakatos’s Philosophy Today (2001). His writings include “Economic Prediction and Human Activity. An Analysis of Prediction in Economics from Action Theory” (1994), “On the Theoretical Basis of Prediction in Economics” (1996), “Rationality in Economics and Scientific Predictions: A Critical Reconstruction of Bounded Rationality and its Role in Economic Predictions” (1997), “Lakatos’s Approach on Prediction and Novel Facts” (2001), “Rationality in Experimental Economics: An Analysis of R. Selten’s Approach” (2003), “From ErklärenVerstehen to PredictionUnderstanding: The Methodological Framework in Economics” (2003), and “The Many Faces of Popper’s Methodological Approach to Prediction” (2004).
Download or read book The Role of Technology in Science Philosophical Perspectives written by Sven Ove Hansson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Introducci n a la Filosof a de la ciencia y la tecnolog a written by Luis A. de Vedia and published by EUDEBA. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro se propone contemplar los problemas filosóficos que se anudan con las teorías científicas y reflexionar sobre ellos. Está pensado para aquellos que se desempeñan en las ciencias duras o ingenierías pero quieren detenerse a pensar sobre otros aspectos que rodean su quehacer. Las profundas relaciones entre el conocimiento científico, el desarrollo tecnológico y la problemática filosófica que ambos disparan son observadas y analizadas para ofrecer un panorama más completo y abarcador de las disciplinas científicas.
Download or read book Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries written by Carl Mitcham and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume grew out of the experience of the First Inter-American Congress on Philosophy of Technology, October 1988, organized by the Center for the Philosophy and History of Science and Technology of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagiiez. The Spanish-language proceedings of that conference have been published in Carl Mitcham and Margarita M. Peiia Borrero, with Elena Lugo and James Ward, eds., El nuevo mundo de la filosofta y la tecnolog(a (University Park, PA: STS Press, 1990). This volume contains thirty-two papers, twenty-two summaries, an introduction and biographical notes, to provide a full record of that seminal gathering. Discussions with Paul T. Durbin and others - including many who participated in the Second Inter-American Congress on Philosophy of Technology, University of Puerto Rico in Mayagiiez, March 199- raised the prospect of an English-language proceedings in the Philosophy and Technology series. But after due consideration it was agreed that a more general volume was needed to introduce English-speaking readers to a growing body of literature on the philosophy of technology in the Spanish-speaking world. As such, the present volume includes Spanish as well as Latin American authors, historical and contemporary figures, some who did and many who did not participate in the first and second inter-American congresses.
Download or read book Living in a Technological Culture written by Mary Tiles and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between "man and machine" this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now.
Download or read book Ciencia tecnologia e desenvolvimento written by Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introdu o metodologia da ci ncia a filosofia da ci ncia no s culo XX written by Javier Echeverría and published by . This book was released on with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este livro de J. Echeverría constitui uma boa panorâmica, bastante completa, da Filosofia da Ciência no século XX, tanto no que se refere aos autores mais significativos, como no que diz respeito aos grandes temas e problemas abordados. Começando com as concepções do Círculo de Viena, termina nos seus antípodas ao tematizar a tecnociência contemporânea e ao abordar a pluralidade axiológica da actividade científica. Mas a forma crítica como se posiciona face às distinções redutoras da Epistemologia apontadas ao Empirismo Lógico não impede que seja concedido um lugar de significativo destaque às várias correntes que prolongaram as suas posições até ao final do século. A sua publicação em português constitui, pois, um óptimo instrumento de trabalho para aqueles que se pretendem iniciar nas questões fundamentais da Epistemologia e da Filosofia da Ciência. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, reclama um verdadeiro trabalho de reflexão filosófica em torno do homem e do sentido de uma das suas mais importantes actividades- a prática científica. In Nota de Apresentação de João Maria André Índice CAPÍTULO 1- O CÍRCULO DE VIENA A ciência unificada A linguagem fisicalista O critério empirista do significado Verificação Indução e Probabilidade Epistemologia e filosofia da ciência CAPÍTULO 2- A CONCEPÇÃO HERDADA Contexto das descobertas e contexto de justificação Versão inicial da concepção herdada A axiomatização das teorias A distinção teórico/observacional As regras da correspondência Modelos de uma teoria científica Redução e explicação científica Críticos da concepção herdada CAPÍTULO 3- O FALSIFICACIONISMO POPPERIANO As teorias científicas O problema da indução A falsificabilidade como critério de demarcação Graus de corroboração de uma teoria A tese do terceiro mundo O realismo crítico A verosimilhança CAPÍTULO 4- PARADIGMAS E REVOLUÇÕES CIENTÍFICAS Os paradigmas científicos Ciência normal e revoluções científicas As matrizes disciplinares Incomensurabilidade entre paradigmas Filosofia da ciência e da história CAPÍTULO 5- PROGRAMAS E TRADIÇÕES DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA O falsificacionismo metodológico sofisticado Programas, tradições de investigação e progresso científico Heurística positiva e negativa História interna e história externa A filosofia das matemáticas de Lakatos CAPÍTULO 6- A EPISTEMOLOGIA DEPOIS DE KUHN A concepção semântica O programa estrutural A abordagem representacional Filosofia naturalizada da ciência A viragem cognitiva em filosofia da ciência CAPÍTULO 7- CRÍTICA DA CIÊNCIA E DA TECNOLOGIA Feyerabend e o pluralismo metodológico Ciência e ideologia- críticas de inspiração marxista Ciência, tecnologia e política Os estudos sobre Ciência, tecnologia e sociedade Ciência e Pós-Modernidade CAPÍTULO 8- OS ESTUDOS SOCIAIS SOBRE A CIÊNCIA O programa forte em sociologia do conhecimento científico O programa empírico do relativismo A etnometodologia e o programa construtivista Os estudos de ciência e género CAPÍTULO 9- A FILOSOFIA DA ACTIVIDADE CIENTÍFICA O debate sobre a ciência e o realismo Hacking- representar o mundo e intervir nele Teoria da acção científica e tecnológica A tecnociência contemporânea Ciência e valores BIBLIOGRAFIA
Download or read book Reconsideration of Science and Technology II written by Liu Dachun and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In reviewing and reconsidering the intellectual history of scientism and antiscientism, the authors assess the process of reasoning and prejudices of these contrasting viewpoints, while discussing the repercussions of scientific hegemony and its contemporary criticism. As the second volume of a three-volume set that proposes to reconsider science and technology and explores how the philosophy of science and technology responds to an ever-changing world, this title focuses on ideological trends centering around scientism and anti-scientism since the 19th century. The six chapters look into the emergence of scientism, instrumental reason, scientific optimism, scientific pessimism, scientific crisis and irrationalism and finally the deconstruction of scientism. The authors provide insight into the connections and biases of these disparate views and critiques, explore the influences of the hegemony of science and contemporary critique of science and evaluate the value of postmodernism and deconstructivism. The volume will appeal to scholars and students interested in the philosophy of science and technology, the ideology of scientism and anti-scientism, modernism and postmodernism, Marxist philosophy and topics related to scientific culture.
Download or read book Philosophy of Technology written by P.T. Durbin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The corps of philosophers who make up the Society for Philosophy & Technology has now been collaborating, in one fashion or another, for almost fifteen years. In addition, the number of philosophers, world-wide, who have begun to focus their analytical skills on technology and related social problems grows increasingly every year. {It would certainly swell the ranks if all of them joined the Society!) It seems more than ap propriate, in this context, to publish a miscellaneous volume that em phasizes the extraordinary range and diversity of contemporary contribu tions to the philosophical understanding of the exceedingly complex phenomenon that is modern technology. My thanks, once again, to the anonymous referees who do so much to maintain standards for the series. And thanks also to the secretaries - Mary Imperatore and Dorothy Milsom - in the Philosophy Department at the University of Delaware; their typing and retyping of the MSS, and especially notes and references, also contributes to keeping our standards high. PAUL T. DURBIN vii Paul T. Durbin (ed.), Philosophy ofT echnology, p. vii.
Download or read book Science and Modernity written by S. Lelas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is a multifaceted, natural and historical phenomenon. It consists of five elements, that is, it happens in five distinct media: biological, linguistic, technological, social, and historical. None of these alone provides an indubitable basis for the truth of scientific knowledge, but combined together they compose a solid ground for our trust in its reliability. The composition, however, is uniquely related to our modern mode of living. Science did not exist before modernity, and it will cease to exist in this form if our way of life should change. The book presents a thorough analysis of all these dimensions and their relations, and thus lays the path for an integral theory of science. Because of this it can be used as a textbook for general courses in the theory of science at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Download or read book Science Technology and Virtues written by Emanuele Ratti and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtues have become a valuable and relevant resource for understanding modern science and technology. Scientific practice requires not only following prescribed rules but also cultivating judgment, building mental habits, and developing proper emotional responses. The rich philosophical traditions around virtue can provide key insights into scientific research, including understanding how daily practice shapes scientists themselves and how ethical dilemmas created by modern scientific research and technology should be navigated. Science, Technology, and Virtues gathers both new and eminent scholars to show how concepts of virtue can help us better understand, construct, and use the products of modern science and technology. Contributors draw from examples across philosophy, history, sociology, political science, and engineering to explore how virtue theory can help orient science and technology towards the pursuit of the good life. Split into four major sections, this volume covers virtues in science, technology, epistemology, and research ethics, with individual chapters discussing applications of virtues to scientific practice, the influence of virtue ethics on socially responsible research, and the concept of "failing well" within the scientific community. Rather than offer easy solutions, the essays in this volume instead illustrate how virtue concepts can provide a productive and illuminating perspective on two phenomena at the core of modern life. Fresh and thought-provoking, Science, Technology, and Virtues presents a pluralistic set of scholarship to show how virtue concepts can enrich our understanding of scientific research, guide the design and use of new technologies, and shape how we envision future scientists, engineers, consumers, and citizens.
Download or read book Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts written by Loucas G. Christophorou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an engrossing book. It is also an unusual book: it is written by a scientist who is quite willing to talk about the softer side of life, about things such as love and respect and responsibility, and to try and position them in the context of his science. He is also willing to talk about religion, the manner in which it relates to science and science to it, and to attempt reconciliation of both. He sets himself a tough task, to tread the narrow path between the maudlin and the severely sober. In this, he is eminently successful. He is successful not because he aims at any grand synthesis, but because he has chosen the more modest path of simply laying out the cards on the table. This work is also unusual for another reason. The majority of books that attempt to explain science to a lay public, that try to describe its workings, its raison d'être, its hidden contents, its societal impact, its implications for our future, etc. , are written by theorists. This is hardly surprising. The theoretician, after all, is expected to think deeply, to be the great unifier, to be concernedwith meaning. Very few books about science are written by scientists, ones who spend their time in a working experimental laboratory. This is such a book. And because it is, it is also a very different book.
Download or read book Science and Other Cultures written by Robert Figueroa and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
