{"product_id":"science-transformed-debating-claims-of-an-epochal-break-paperback","title":"Science Transformed?: Debating Claims of an Epochal Break - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfred Nordmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHans Radder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGregor Schiemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvancements in computing, instrumentation, robotics, digital imaging, and simulation modeling have changed science into a technology-driven institution. Government, industry, and society increasingly exert their influence over science, raising questions of values and objectivity. These and other profound changes have led many to speculate that we are in the midst of an epochal break in scientific history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edited volume presents an in-depth examination of these issues from philosophical, historical, social, and cultural perspectives. It offers arguments both for and against the epochal break thesis in light of historical antecedents. Contributors discuss topics such as: science as a continuing epistemological enterprise; the decline of the individual scientist and the rise of communities; the intertwining of scientific and technological needs; links to prior practices and ways of thinking; the alleged divide between mode-1 and mode-2 research methods; the commodification of university science; and the shift from the scientific to a technological enterprise. Additionally, they examine the epochal break thesis using specific examples, including the transition from laboratory to real world experiments; the increased reliance on computer imaging; how analog and digital technologies condition behaviors that shape the object and beholder; the cultural significance of humanoid robots; the erosion of scientific quality in experimentation; and the effect of computers on prediction at the expense of explanation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether these events represent a historic break in scientific theory, practice, and methodology is disputed. What they do offer is an important occasion for philosophical analysis of the epistemic, institutional and moral questions affecting current and future scientific pursuits.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Nordmann (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlfred Nordmann\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at Darmstadt Technical University and Visiting Centenary Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is author of \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Tractatus: An Introduction, \u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eDiscovering the Nanoscale, The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth Century Science, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScience in the Context of Application.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Radder (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHans Radder\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus in philosophy of science and technology at the Department of Philosophy of VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the author of many articles and several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe World Observed\/The World Conceived\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Material Realization of Science: From Habermas to Experimentation and Referential Realism\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Commodification of Academic Research: Science and the Modern University\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregor Schiemann (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGregor Schiemann\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy and history of science at Bergische Universität in Wuppertal. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHermann von Helmholtz' Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWerner Heisenberg, \u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Significance of the Hypothetical in the Natural Sciences.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301441233203,"sku":"9780822961635","price":96.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ejRS9JXPiy9780822961635.webp?v=1777512669","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/science-transformed-debating-claims-of-an-epochal-break-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}