The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives

This edited volume explores the interplay between philosophies in a wide-ranging analysis of how technological applications in science inform our systems of thought. Beginning with a historical background, the volume moves on to explore a host of topics,

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Sven Ove Hansson Editor

The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives

Philosophy of Engineering and Technology Volume 18

Editor-in-chief Pieter E. Vermaas, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands General and overarching topics, design and analytic approaches Editors Christelle Didier, Lille Catholic University, France Engineering ethics and science and technology studies Craig Hanks, Texas State University, U.S.A. Continental approaches, pragmatism, environmental philosophy, biotechnology Byron Newberry, Baylor University, U.S.A. Philosophy of engineering, engineering ethics and engineering education Ibo van de Poel, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Ethics of technology and engineering ethics Editorial advisory board Philip Brey, Twente University, the Netherlands Louis Bucciarelli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Paul Durbin, University of Delaware, U.S.A. Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University, Canada Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire & University of Oxford, U.K. Jun Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan Sven Ove Hansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Vincent F. Hendricks, University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Columbia University, U.S.A. Don Ihde, Stony Brook University, U.S.A. Billy V. Koen, University of Texas, U.S.A. Peter Kroes, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Sylvain Lavelle, ICAM-Polytechnicum, France Michael Lynch, Cornell University, U.S.A. Anthonie Meijers, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Sir Duncan Michael, Ove Arup Foundation, U.K. Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, U.S.A. Helen Nissenbaum, New York University, U.S.A. Alfred Nordmann, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Joseph Pitt, Virginia Tech, U.S.A. Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University, U.S.A. Jon A. Schmidt, Burns & McDonnell, U.S.A. Peter Simons, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands John Weckert, Charles Sturt University, Australia

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Editor Sven Ove Hansson Division of Philosophy Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden

ISSN 1879-7202 ISSN 1879-7210 (electronic) Philosophy of Engineering and Technology ISBN 978-94-017-9761-0 ISBN 978-94-017-9762-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9762-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015934901 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by