This book proposes to consider new ways in which science can be
used to sustain our planet and enrich our lives. New information
technologies and other techno-sciences developing mega projects
such as climate geo-engineering are set to change fundamentally our
received definitions of humankind, culture and nature, and thus
urgently require attention.
This book neither embraces techno-science nor rejects
science-based approaches to global problems but rather aims to
redefine science. For science to remain a legitimate and
trustworthy source of knowledge, society will have to engage in the
collective processes of knowledge co-production, which not only
includes science, but also other types of knowledge. This process
of change has to include a new commitment to knowledge creation and
transmission and its role in a plural society. Social
responsibility has historically played an important role in science
and engineering, but has lost momentum nowadays because many facets
of science are lost due to reduction caused by the hybridization of
science and policy. This book helps to release and reactivate
social responsibility within contemporary science and technology.
It uses relevant cases of contemporary scientific endeavours that
have been promoted as essential for the well-being of humanity
within the Cartesian paradigm a new conception of science
relabelled as "innovation research" and characterized by high
capital investment, centralised control of funding and quality,
exclusive expertise, and a reductionism that is philosophical as
well as methodological.
This is an accessible and relevant book for scholars in Science
and Technology Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, and
Science, Engineering and Technology Ethics. Providing an array of
concrete examples, it supports scientists, engineers and technical
experts, as well as policy-makers and other non-technical
professionals working with science and technology to re-direct
their approach to global problems, in a more integrative,
self-reflective and humble direction."
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