Impact of science and technology on society Books

This book presents a groundbreaking analysis of the anticipatory ethical issues associated with human genetic enhancement. It provides instructive clarifications for understanding the philosophy and science behind this long-standing bioethical debate,...

In his bestselling book, The Language of God, Francis Collins-the director of the National Institutes of Health and the scientist who led the Human Genome Project-attempted to harmonize the findings of scientific research with Christian belief. In this...

Guidance for the modern perplexed. In this selection of critical and provocative essays, the author examines many of our popular beliefs about culture, science, psychology and psychotherapy. It serves as an antidote to the mixture of misinformation,...

This book draws on evidence from 144 interviews with civic leaders in three urban regions-Atlanta, Phoenix, and the Twin Cities-to illuminate three commonly accepted but flawed myths about innovation that misdirect policymakers and civic leaders and...

Rethinking the School is one of the first major applications of Foucault's genealogical method to the school system, and will be widely debated by educationalists, policy-makers and those interested in the interaction of government and subjectivity.

The book examines the adoption of different innovative technologies and explores the behavioral intention of both consumers and companies of using these technologies. Both determinants of acceptance and resistance of technology are considered by...

It's all about saving a species or two... Set in the 28th century, the four lines of original humans (natural born alphas), "normal" humans (genetically re-lineaged machina-alphas), tech-rebuilt humans (beta), and cyborg humans (deltas) are now...

L'énergétique Et Le Mécanisme Au Point De Vue Des Conditions De La Connaissance, written by Abel Rey and originally published in 1908, explores the philosophical and scientific viewpoints of energetics and mechanism in the context of...

Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the...

Focusing on cell dynamics, molecular medicine and robotics, contributors explore the interplay between biological, technological and theoretical ways of thinking. The collection makes a strong contribution to current debates in the philosophy of science...

Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oceans, yet smaller objects go to the bottom of our water-filled buckets. As adults, instead of confronting a...

This book investigates Web 2.0 cyberleisure space by drawing parallels to another leisure space that shares its rhetoric of being open, democratic, and free for all: the urban park. It bridges the urban with the digital commons, revealing fresh insights...

Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by...

This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that aims to be compatible with the theories and findings of natural science...

Every new tractor now contains built-in sensors that collect data and stream it to cloud-based infrastructure. Seed and chemical companies are using these data, and these agribusinesses are a form of big tech alongside firms like Google and Facebook.The...

I was not invited to write a foreword for this book. Dr. Cohen, knowing my busy schedule, would have considered such a request to be an imposition. I volunteered to do so in part to acknowledge my gratitude to him for having...

This set of lectures is the outgrowth of a new course in the Department of Materials Science at Stanford University. It was taught collectively by the authors of the various sections and represents an attempt to increase the...

In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficul t to find specific assignments for the scholarly community. One speaks of peace and brotherhood only to realize that for many the only real...

The book introduces a radically new way of thinking about information and the important role it plays in living systems. It opens up new avenues for exploring how cells and organisms change and adapt, since the ability to detect and respond to meaningful...

A number of years ago, Harriet Sheridan, then Dean of Brown University, organized a series oflectures in which individual faculty members described how it came about that they entered their various fields. I was invited to...

The author, G. J. Chaitin, shows that God plays dice not only in quantum mechanics but also in the foundations of mathematics. According to Chaitin there exist mathematical facts that are true for no reason. This fascinating...

What Is the Dual-Use Dilemma? The so-called "dual-use dilemma" arises in the context of research in the biological and other sciences as a consequence of the fact that one and the same piece of sci- tific research sometimes has the potential to be used...

This volume attempts to provide a new articulation of issues surrounding scientific realism, scientific rationality, the epistemology of non-classical physics, the type of revolutionary changes in the development of science,...

"Foundations of the Formal Sciences" (FotFS) is a series of interdisciplinary conferences in mathematics, philosophy, computer science and linguistics. The main goal is to reestablish the traditionally strong links between...

This book deals with the entrenched misunderstandings of Feyerabend's philosophy, brings together the positive elements to be found in Feyerabend's work, and presents these elements as a coherent alternative conception of...

This volume is written as a reaction to the worldwide decreasing interest in the natural sciences. It addresses many intriguing questions. How is the changing image of the distinct sciences experienced by the general public, by...

Australia and New Zealand boast an active community of scholars working in the field of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science aims to provide a distinctive...

Information technology has been, in recent years, under increasing commercial pressure to provide devices and systems which help/ replace the human in his daily activity. This pressure requires the use of logic as the ...

For centuries, inconsistencies were seen as a hindrance to good reasoning, and their role in the sciences was ignored. In recent years, however, logicians as well as philosophers and historians have showed a growing interest in...

For a meaningful understanding of physics, it is necessary to realise that this corpus of knowledge operates in a register different from natural thought. This book aims at situating the main trends of common reasoning in...

Although Descartes' natural philosophy marked an advance in the development of modern science, many critics over the years, such as Newton, have rejected his particular `relational' theory of space and motion. Nevertheless, it...

This book is a collection of papers which reflect the recent trends in the philosophy and history of molecular biology. It brings together historians, philosophers, and molecular biologists who reflect on the discipline's...

Some think that issues to do with scientific method are last century's stale debate; Popper was an advocate of methodology, but Kuhn, Feyerabend, and others are alleged to have brought the debate about its status to an end...

""Harmon������a Entre La Ciencia Y La Fe"" es un libro escrito por Miguel Mir en 1881. En esta obra, el autor aborda la relaci������n entre la ciencia y la fe desde una perspectiva armoniosa y conciliadora. Mir argumenta que la ciencia y la fe no son...

Das Buch ""Epikurs Verh�����ltnis zu Demokrit in der Naturphilosophie"" von Albert Goedeckemeyer wurde im Jahr 1897 ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Beziehung zwischen den beiden antiken Philosophen Epikur und Demokrit in Bezug auf...

""Einsheit Und Einheit: Ein Beitrag Zur Losung Der Frage, Welches Gesetz Liegt Den Naturerscheinungen Zu Grunde?"" ist ein Buch von H. De Grousilliers, das im Jahr 1878 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk befasst sich mit der Frage, welches Gesetz den...

Die Grundwissenschaft, Teil 1: Das Wesen des Wissens (1884) von Brodbeck, Adolf, ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Philosophie des Wissens und der Erkenntnistheorie befasst. In diesem Werk untersucht der Autor die Frage, was Wissen eigentlich ist und wie es...

Das Buch ""Die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens und die Einheit der Naturgesetze"" von J.C. Fischer, erschienen im Jahr 1871, besch�����ftigt sich mit der Frage nach der Freiheit des menschlichen Willens und dessen Verh�����ltnis zu den Naturgesetzen...

""Die Erweiterung Unserer Sinne: Akademische Antrittsvorlesung Gehalten Am 19 Mai 1900"" ist ein Buch von Otto Heinrich Wiener, das im Jahr 1900 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Erweiterung unserer Sinne und der Rolle, die...

""Die Erscheinung der Dinge in der Wahrnehmung: Eine analytische Untersuchung"" ist ein Buch von Carl Friedrich Heman, das erstmals 1881 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk untersucht Heman die Wahrnehmung von Dingen und wie sie erscheinen. Er...

The Principles of Knowledge V1: With Remarks on the Nature of Reality is a philosophical book written by Walter Johnston Estep and published in 1901. The book explores the fundamental principles of knowledge and the nature of reality. It is divided into...