|
Showing 1 - 22 of
22 matches in All Departments
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 great demand to
speculate about the future of work, the future of mobility,
Industry 4.0, and Humanity 2.0. The humanities and social sciences,
science studies, and technology assessment respond to this demand
but need to seek out a responsible way of taking the future into
account. This collection of papers, interviews, debates grew out of
disagreements about technological futures, speculative ethics,
plausible scenarios, anticipatory governance, and proactionary and
precautionary approaches. It proposes Hermeneutic Technology
Assessment as a way of understanding ourselves through our ways of
envisioning the future. At the same time, a hermeneutic
understanding of technological projects and prototypes allows for
normative assessments of their promises. Is the future an object of
design? This question can bring together and divide policy makers,
STS scholars, social theorists, and philosophers of history, and it
will interest also the scientists and engineers who labor under the
demand to deliver that future.
The study tackles the subject in a new and unique way: Due to
the fact that the borders between classical academic disciplines
disappear at the nanoscale, a truly interdisciplinary approach is
chosen. A functional definition of nanotechnology is developed by
the authors as basis for the further sections of the study. The
most important results enable recommendations with respect to
scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential,
educational needs, potential adverse health effects and
philosophical aspects of nanotechnology. The book addresses the
relevant decision levels, media, and academia.
The boundaries between inanimate technology and the realm of the
living become increasingly blurred. Deeper and deeper technological
interventions into living organisms are possible, covering the
entire spectrum of life from bacteria to humans. Simultaneously,
digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) enable increasingly
autonomous technologies. Inanimate technologies such as robots
begin to show characteristics of life. Contested issues pop up,
such as the dignity of life, the enhancement of animals for human
purposes, the creation of designer babies, and the granting of
robot rights. The book addresses the understanding of the ongoing
dissolution of the life/technology borders, the provision of
ethical guidance for navigating research and innovation
responsibly, and the philosophical reflection on the meaning of the
current shifts. It offers three specific perspectives for
understanding the challenges and providing orientation. First, the
dissolution of the boundaries between technology and life is
analyzed and reflected from both sides. Second, the search for
orientation is not restricted to ethics but also involves
philosophy of technology and of nature, as well as anthropology.
Finally, instead of restricting the analysis to specific areas of
life, e.g., bacteria or animals, the book presents a comprehensive
look at the entire spectrum of living organisms-bacteria and
viruses, plants, animals and humans-and robots as possible early
forms of emerging technical life.
Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid
digitization, increased mobility, new biotechnologies, and
nanotechnology deeply influence, amongst others, industrial
production, entertainment, work, military affairs, and individual
life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth, comfort,
innovation, and development, this also raises questions of
unintended effects, of tensions with democracy, of the role of
citizens, and of its sustainability facing environmental issues.
Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging
situation. Technology assessment (TA) has been developed more than
fifty years ago to enable science, the economy, and society to
harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent
possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It
was developed more than 50 years ago in the U.S. Congress and has
diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary TA in many
European states and at the international level, participatory TA at
the local and regional levels worldwide, and TA as part of
engineering processes are the most relevant fields today.
Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary
research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an
overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current
practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA
rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions
from the theoretical perspective for the further development of
TA's practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the
growing field of TA at the international level.
One way to shape technology and its embedding in society in the
21st century is through the visions that guide their development,
especially concerning the long-term societal perspective. A
critical discussion and assessment of these visions is a
prerequisite for influencing the course of development. Technology
assessment, therefore, has to provide a methodological repertoire
for assessing and constructing visions, taking into account the
requirements for long-term orientation as well as the need for
public legitimation. This volume draws upon insights from
technology assessment, political sciences, epistemology, sociology
and ethics. It is to contribute to the recent literature in on
"shaping technology," taking into account the "co-evolution of
technology and society." It connects to that technology assessment
literature that emphasises TA's pro-active role and its
contribution to political judgement.
The study tackles the subject in a new and unique way: Due to
the fact that the borders between classical academic disciplines
disappear at the nanoscale, a truly interdisciplinary approach is
chosen. A functional definition of nanotechnology is developed by
the authors as basis for the further sections of the study. The
most important results enable recommendations with respect to
scientific progress, industrial relevance, economic potential,
educational needs, potential adverse health effects and
philosophical aspects of nanotechnology. The book addresses the
relevant decision levels, media, and academia.
Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid
digitization, increased mobility, new biotechnologies, and
nanotechnology deeply influence, amongst others, industrial
production, entertainment, work, military affairs, and individual
life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth, comfort,
innovation, and development, this also raises questions of
unintended effects, of tensions with democracy, of the role of
citizens, and of its sustainability facing environmental issues.
Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging
situation. Technology assessment (TA) has been developed more than
fifty years ago to enable science, the economy, and society to
harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent
possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It
was developed more than 50 years ago in the U.S. Congress and has
diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary TA in many
European states and at the international level, participatory TA at
the local and regional levels worldwide, and TA as part of
engineering processes are the most relevant fields today.
Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary
research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an
overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current
practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA
rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions
from the theoretical perspective for the further development of
TA's practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the
growing field of TA at the international level.
German-english edition The question of identity has always
preoccupied artists. Louisa Clement is no different, her central
theme is the human being and the human in the digital. In her art,
she starts out from herself, but ventures much further, asking how
identity will be shaped in the future and examining forms of
transformation. In the series of works Repräsentantinnen
(Representatives), she creates AI-equipped, adaptive images of
herself, with which visitors can converse. In photographic works,
the master pupil of Andreas Gursky continues this examination of
the body and its possible optimisations and deals with military
legacies under the aspect of transformation. This publication is
appearing for an exhibition at the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum -
both artists are united in their search for self-expression, as
Paula Modersohn-Becker's Self-portrait on 6th wedding anniversary
from 1906 demonstrates in a succinct manner. Louisa Clement (born
1987 in Bonn) completed her studies at the Kunstakademie
Düsseldorf in 2015 as a master pupil of Andreas Gursky. She has
already exhibited in various institutions and museums, including
e.g.: Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2022); Casino Luxembourg
– Forum d'art contemporain (2022); Ludwig Forum Aachen (2019);
Sprengel Museum Hanover (2019) One of today’s most popular young
artists Current social issues such as AI, questions about body and
self-image, and possibilities of digital storage Exhibition, 2
September 2023 to 21 January 2024, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum,
Bremen
The exploration of ways to conceptualize the shaping of the present
by socio-technical futures is the aim of this volume. Therefore it
brings together contributions from Science and Technology Studies
and Technology Assessment, which focus all on the question how
socio-technical images of the future shape present processes of
innovation and transformation starting from empirical case studies
and generalizing specific findings or by tackling conceptual
questions from the outset. A white paper of 23 authors, which aims
to sensitize researchers and practitioners completes the volume.
Modern molecular technology in the so-called life sciences (biology
as weil as medicine) allows today to approach and manipulate living
beings in ways and to an extent wh ich not too long aga seemed
Utopian. The empirical progress promises further and even more
radical developments in the future, and it is at least often
claimed that this kind of research will have tremendeous etfects on
and for all of humanity, for example in the areas of food
production, transplantation medicine (including stem cell research
and xenotransplantation), (therapeutic) genetic manipulation and
(cell-line) cloning (of cell lines or tissues), and of biodiversity
conservation-strategies. At least in Western, industrialized
countries the development of modern sciences led to a steady
increase of human health, well-being and quality of life. However,
with the move to make the human body itself an object of scientific
research interests, the respective scientific descriptions resulted
in changes in the image that human beings have of themselves.
Scientific progress has led to a startling loss of traditional
human self-understanding. This development is in contrast to an
under standing according to which the question what it means to be
"human" is treated in the realm of philosophy. And indeed, a closer
look reveals that - without denying the value of scientitic
progress - science cannot replace the philosophical approach to
anthropological questions."
Es ist eine bekannte Streitfrage, ob wir der Eigendynamik der
Technik blind ausgeliefert sind, oder ob wir Technik zielgerichtet
und nach gesellschaftlichen Werten aktiv und bewusst gestalten
konnen. Im Buch Technikgestaltung zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit
wird diese Frage aus den Perspektiven verschiedener
wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen behandelt. Das Spektrum aus
Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Technikgeschichte und den
Ingenieurwissenschaften erlaubt neue Sichtweisen auf die Frage der
Gestaltbarkeit von Technik. Ergebnis des Buches ist ein besseres
Verstandnis, was Technikgestaltung bedeuten kann, wie dies in der
Praxis funktioniert, ob und wie gesellschaftliche Technikgestaltung
erfolgen kann und ob, auf welche Weise und unter welchen
Bedingungen eine Technikgestaltung fur mehr Nachhaltigkeit moglich
ist."
Dieses Buch dokumentiert den Stand der Diskussion um
wissenschaftliche Konzepte im Umgang mit Technikfolgen. Der Ansatz
einer neuartigen rationalen Technikfolgen-Beurteilung in Abgrenzung
zur klassischen Technikfolgen-Abschatzung wird detailliert
erlautert und diskutiert. Von mehreren Autoren geschrieben wurde
dennoch grosser Wert auf eine einheitliche Darstellungsweise
gelegt.
Das Buch spannt den Bogen zwischen der "akademischen" Ethik und den
Anwendungsproblemen und -bedingungen in der Technikgestaltung und
sollte von daher sowohl fur Theoretiker als auch fur Praktiker von
Interesse sein. Adressaten des Buches sind alle, die sich fur die
ethischen und gesellschaftlichen Probleme der Technikgestaltung
interessieren. In besonderer Weise wendet sich das Buch an die
Akteure im Feld selbst: sowohl an die direkten Technikgestalter wie
Ingenieure und Wissenschaftler, die indirekten Gestalter wie
Manager und Unternehmen, Verbande, aber auch die politische Ebene
der staatlichen Technikpolitik in Forschungsforderung und
technikrelevanter Regulierung, als auch an diejenigen, die diese
Technikgestaltung reflektierend begleiten (sollen):
- beteiligte Teildisziplinen der Ethik,
- die Technikfolgenabschatzung und
- verwandte Bereiche der Technikfolgen- und Geneseforschung"
Es ist eine bekannte Streitfrage, ob wir der Eigendynamik der
Technik blind ausgeliefert sind, oder ob wir Technik zielgerichtet
und nach gesellschaftlichen Werten aktiv und bewusst gestalten
konnen. Im Buch Technikgestaltung zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit
wird diese Frage aus den Perspektiven verschiedener
wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen behandelt. Das Spektrum aus
Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Technikgeschichte und den
Ingenieurwissenschaften erlaubt neue Sichtweisen auf die Frage der
Gestaltbarkeit von Technik. Ergebnis des Buches ist ein besseres
Verstandnis, was Technikgestaltung bedeuten kann, wie dies in der
Praxis funktioniert, ob und wie gesellschaftliche Technikgestaltung
erfolgen kann und ob, auf welche Weise und unter welchen
Bedingungen eine Technikgestaltung fur mehr Nachhaltigkeit moglich
ist."
This book comprehensively reviews the considerations of
nanotechnology elaborated in philosophy, ethics, and the social
sciences and systematizes and develops them further. It focuses on
the issues of ethical responsibility regarding chances and risks of
nanotechnology and its possible applications in the fields of
synthetic nanoparticles, synthetic biology, animal enhancement, and
human enhancement. The book has been, thus, put in the context of
the keywords "responsible innovation" and "reflective sciences,"
which have been central concepts in the debates about the
relationship between science and society for the last few
years.
|
You may like...
Atmosfire
Jan Braai
Hardcover
R590
R425
Discovery Miles 4 250
Poldark: Series 1-2
Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, …
Blu-ray disc
(1)
R53
Discovery Miles 530
|