Introduction
Gotthard Bechmann, Vitaly Gorokhov, Nico Stehr
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1. Knowledge and information society
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2. Changing knowledge production in science
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3. Knowledge politics
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4. Decision-oriented science
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5. Knowledge and information
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6. Communication and knowledge
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7. Knowledge is self-multiplying
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8. Knowledge as a capacity to act
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9. The sociology of knowledge and science
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10. About this volume
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I Science Production in the Knowledge Society
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Scientific Knowledge and Values of Technogenic Civilisation
Vyacheslav Stepin
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1. Science as a civilisation phenomenon |
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2. Principles of science and their structure |
40 |
3. From classical to post-non-classical science |
47 |
Institutional Interfaces of the Science System and the Economic System
Thomas Heinze
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Introduction |
67 |
1. The concept of "structural coupling" |
69 |
2. Indicators for science-based technologies |
70 |
3. Organisations and functional systems |
73 |
4. Interorganisational networks |
76 |
4. Conclusion |
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Path Dependency and Path Creation – Some Theoretical Reflections
Gerd Schienstock
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85 |
Introduction |
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1. Technical regimes and path dependency |
86 |
2. Evolving new paths and path creation |
88 |
3. Path change out of path dependency |
89 |
4. The communities of practice concept and the niche concept |
90 |
5. New technological paradigms and path creation |
95 |
6. Conclusion |
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Climate Research between Knowledge and Organisation – Problems of Transdisciplinary Science
Gotthard Bechmann
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Introduction |
101 |
1. The changing organisation of research |
103 |
2. The political function of research |
106 |
3. Problem- and programme-oriented research |
109 |
4. Scientific advice and political decision |
112 |
5. Climate research as an example of transdisciplinary science |
114 |
6. Summary |
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II The Governance of Science
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The Social and Political Surveillance of Knowledge in Modern Societies
Nico Stehr
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1. Science policy and knowledge politics |
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2. Knowledge politics explained |
130 |
3. On the origins of modern knowledge politics |
132 |
4. The governance of knowledge |
138 |
5. Concluding observations |
141 |
Vision Assessment Supporting the Governance of Knowledge – the Case of Futuristic Nanotechnology
Armin Grunwald
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Introduction and overview |
147 |
1. Futuristic visions in nanoscience and nanotechnology |
149 |
1.1 Visions accompanying the career of nanotechnology |
149 |
1.2 Visions, Leitbilder, and science fiction |
151 |
1.3 Characteristics of futuristic visions |
153 |
2. The case of human enhancement and the need for orientation |
154 |
2.1 Converging technologies for improving human performance |
154 |
2.2 Occasions of choice and need for orientation |
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3. The orientation dilemma related to using future knowledge |
157 |
3.1 Functions of visionary future communication |
158 |
3.2 The ambivalence of futuristic visions |
159 |
3.3 The orientation dilemma |
162 |
4. Vision assessment and the governance of knowledge |
162 |
4.1 The need for vision assessment |
164 |
4.2 Vision assessment – an outline |
165 |
5. Conclusions |
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In the Absence of Knowledge Politics - Neuropsychiatry and the Drug Industry
Thomas Brante
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1. Science as classification and explanation |
172 |
2. Classification of mental disorders: the DSM |
173 |
3. Explanation of mental disorders: neuropsychiatry |
180 |
4. Conclusion: the troublesome tension between classification and explanation |
186 |
Regulatory Borders – Knowledge Politics and Reproductive Science
Jacquelyne Luce
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1. Regulatory borders |
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2. Assisted conception and governance |
202 |
3. Images of donor insemination |
205 |
4. Regulating access – donor semen and/or insemination services |
206 |
5. 1980-1999: Cross-border reproductive relations |
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6. 1980-1999: Regulatory effects |
216 |
7. 1980-1999: Policy implications |
219 |
8. 1980-1999: Reflections: Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2004 |
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III Organisation of Problem-oriented Research: Case Studies
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Sustainable Development – Methodological Aspects
Victor Danilov-Danil'yan
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1. The content of the concept of sustainable development – sustainability and survival |
229 |
2. Aspects of sustainable development |
231 |
3. Sustainability of the biota and sustainability of civilisation |
234 |
4. Sustainability mechanisms in civilisation |
236 |
5. Optimality or sustainability? |
237 |
6. Towards a definition of sustainable development |
239 |
7. The environmental aspect of stability |
240 |
7.1 Socio-medical aspect of stability |
242 |
7.2 The humanitarian aspect of stability |
244 |
7.3 Interrelationship of the three aspects of stability |
245 |
7.4 Anticipating the consequences of the use of technology is
more important than the technology itself |
247 |
7.5 The ordinary consciousness and the problem of
sustainability |
248 |
7.6 The role of science, education and moral training in the
transition to sustainable development |
251 |
The Natural and the Artificial from Galileo to Nanotechnology
Vitaly Gorokhov
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1. Galileo's new science and technological development |
256 |
2. From a geometric scheme to physical processes and from the latter to a design diagram |
263 |
3. The natural and the artificial |
268 |
4. Conclusion |
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Problem-oriented Research and the Disciplinary Dynamics of Science - the Case of Atmospheric Chemistry
Jost Halfmann, Falk Schützenmeister
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Introduction |
289 |
1. Air pollution and the rise of atmospheric chemistry |
291 |
2. Chemistry of the global atmosphere – ozone hole and climate change |
301 |
3. Conclusion |
303 |
Authors
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