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Scientific Knowledge and the Transgression of Boundaries

Bettina-Johanna Krings, Hannot Rodríguez, Anna Schleisiek (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XV, 286 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-14448-7 (ISBN)

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The aim of this book is to understand and critically appraise science-based transgression dynamics in their whole complexity. It includes contributions from experts with different disciplinary backgrounds, such as philosophy, history and sociology. Thus, it is in itself an example of boundary transgression.Scientific disciplines and their objects have tended to be seen as permanent and distinct. However, science is better conceived as an activity that constantly surpasses, erases and rebuilds all kinds of boundaries, either disciplinary, socio-ethical or ecological. This transgressive capacity, a characteristic trait of science and its applications, defines us as "knowledge societies." However, scientific and technological developments are also sources of serious environmental and social concerns.

Bettina-Johanna Krings (MA in Sociology, Political Science and Anthropology; PhD in Sociology) is head of the research department "Knowledge Society and Knowledge Policy" at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).Hannot Rodríguez (PhD in Philosophy) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.Anna Schleisiek (Dipl.-Soz.) is doing research on the role of economic principles in the scientific practice of research teams for her PhD project in sociology.

Disciplinary Transgression of Boundaries - Extra-Disciplinary Transgression of Boundaries - Radical Transgression of Boundaries.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society
Zusatzinfo	XV, 286 p. 5 illus.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	414 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	History of Science • philosophy of science • Religion and Philosophy • Research policy • Science and Technology Studies • Sociology of Science
ISBN-10	3-658-14448-3 / 3658144483
ISBN-13	978-3-658-14448-7 / 9783658144487
Zustand	Neuware