
By Alfred Nordmann (Editor), Hans Radder (Editor), Gregor Scheimann (Editor)
Developments in computing, instrumentation, robotics, electronic imaging, and simulation modeling have replaced technological know-how right into a technology-driven establishment. govt, undefined, and society more and more exert their impression over technological know-how, elevating questions of values and objectivity. those and different profound adjustments have led many to invest that we're in the middle of an epochal holiday in clinical background. This edited quantity provides an in-depth exam of those concerns from philosophical, historic, social, and cultural views. It bargains arguments either for and opposed to the epochal holiday thesis.
“Science reworked? is a vital, effectively available publication that makes a speciality of an important modern factor: the profound transformation of technological know-how, expertise, and society of the earlier few a long time. we're witnessing a holiday of an ‘epochal nature’ and Nordmann, Radder, and Schiemann have supplied us with priceless insights into what's happening.”—Silvan Schweber, Brandeis University
“Has technology replaced essentially over the past part century? Ready-made strategies abound that declare as a lot: from post-normal and technoscience to the appearance of a mode-2. Few are substantiated empirically. This assortment does simply that: probing the theses of an epochal holiday from quite a number disciplinary vantage issues, unveiling the complexity at the back of the modern rhetoric, offering interesting insights into the hot methods of research.”—Peter Weingart, Bielefeld University
“This is a ebook to love for its daring dialogue process . . . a wide and well-executed project.”—International reports within the Philosophy of technology