Science in the context of application
By: edited by Martin Carrier and Alfred Nordmann
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- vol. 274; Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 274.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9789048190508; 9789048190515
Subjects: Gesellschaft; Methodology; Wissenschaft; Social aspects; Science; Philosophie; Research
Description: Suggests that the problems of scientific research today are generated by science and technology as well as nature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing conditions of scientific research : science and technology; title: Changing conditions of scientific research : the role of instruments; title: Changing conditions of scientific research : institutional changes in applied research; title: Science, values and society : economic, political and public relations of research; title: Science, values and society : freedom of research and social accountability; title: Science, values and society : historical transformations.