The Social Integration of Science: Institutional and Epistemological Aspects of the Transformation of Knowledge in Modern Society

Dr. Gotthard Bechmann; Prof. Dr. Vitaly Gorokhov; Prof. Dr. Nico Stehr

doi:10.5771/9783845271125

Summary

Die gegenwärtige Diskussion um die gesellschaftliche Rolle der Wissenschaft ist geprägt von unterschiedlichen, manchmal sich auch widersprechenden Erwartungen. Die stärkere Einbindung der Wissenschaft in den gesellschaftlichen Kontext und die Forderung nach praktischer Relevanz sind Ausdruck der gewandelten gesellschaftlichen Funktion der Wissenschaft und gleichzeitig Ausgangspunkt der wissenschaftlichen Reflexion über ihr Verhältnis zur Gesellschaft. Eine Folge dieser Entwicklung ist die Herausbildung einer neuen Form der Wissenschaftsregulierung: Wissenspolitik. Wissenspolitik stellt heute ein neues Politikfeld dar, bei dem es um die Rolle der Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft, um neue Regeln der Wissensanwendung und um die Sanktion eines möglichen Wissensmissbrauchs geht. Den damit verbundenen Veränderungen der Wissenschaftsproduktion wird in diesem Band auf drei Ebenen nachgegangen. Auf der Ebene der gesellschaftlichen Integration in das System der politischen Regulierung (Wissenspolitik), auf der Ebene der Steuerung der Wissenschaft (Governance) und auf der Ebene neuer Forschungsfelder und des Entstehens einer problem-orientierten, transdisziplinären Forschung.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2009
Copyright Year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89404-942-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7112-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt
Volume: 12
Language: English
Pages: 312
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
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1. 1 Knowledge and information society No access
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2. 2 Changing knowledge production in science No access
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3. 3 Knowledge politics No access
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4. 4 Decision-oriented science No access
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5. 5 Knowledge and information No access
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6. 6 Communication and knowledge No access
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7. 7 Knowledge is self-multiplying No access
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8. 8 Knowledge as a capacity to act No access
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9. 9 The sociology of knowledge and science No access
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10. 10 About this volume No access
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  1. 1 Science as a civilisation phenomenon No access
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  2. 2 Principles of science and their structure No access
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  3. 3 From classical to post-non-classical science No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. 1 The concept of “structural coupling” No access
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  3. 2 Indicators for science-based technologies No access
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  4. 3 Organisations and functional systems No access
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  5. 4 Interorganisational networks No access
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  6. 5 Conclusion No access
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  2. 1 Technical regimes and path dependency No access
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  3. 2 Evolving new paths and path creation No access
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  4. 3 Path change out of path dependency No access
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  5. 4 The communities of practice concept and the niche concept No access
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  6. 5 New technological paradigms and path creation No access
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  7. 6 Conclusion No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. 1 The changing organisation of research No access
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  3. 2 The political function of research No access
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  4. 3 Problem- and programme-oriented research No access
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  5. 4 Scientific advice and political decision No access
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  6. 5 Climate research as an example of transdisciplinary science No access
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  7. 6 Summary No access
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  1. 1 Science policy and knowledge politics No access
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  2. 2 Knowledge politics explained No access
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  3. 3 On the origins of modern knowledge politics No access
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  4. 4 The governance of knowledge No access
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  5. 5 Concluding observations No access
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  1. Introduction and overview No access
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    1. 1.1 Visions accompanying the career of nanotechnology No access
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    2. 1.2 Visions, Leitbilder, and science fiction No access
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    3. 1.3 Characteristics of futuristic visions No access
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    1. 2.1 Converging technologies for improving human performance No access
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    2. 2.2 Occasions of choice and need for orientation No access
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    1. 3.1 Functions of visionary future communication No access
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    2. 3.2 The ambivalence of futuristic visions No access
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    3. 3.3 The orientation dilemma No access
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    1. 4.1 The need for vision assessment No access
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    2. 4.2 Vision assessment – an outline No access
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  6. 5 Conclusions No access
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  1. 1 Science as classification and explanation No access
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  2. 2 Classification of mental disorders: the DSM No access
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  3. 3 Explanation of mental disorders: neuropsychiatry No access
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  4. 4 Conclusion: the troublesome tension between classification and explanation No access
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  1. 1 Regulatory borders No access
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  2. 2 Assisted conception and governance No access
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  3. 3 Images of donor insemination No access
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  4. 4 Regulating access – donor semen and/or insemination services No access
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  5. 5 1980-1999: Cross-border reproductive relations No access
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  6. 6 Regulatory effects No access
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  7. 7 Policy implications No access
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  8. 8 Reflections: Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2004 No access
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  1. 1 The content of the concept of sustainable development – sustainability and survival No access
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  2. 2 Aspects of sustainable development No access
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  3. 3 Sustainability of the biota and sustainability of civilisation No access
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  4. 4 Sustainability mechanisms in civilisation No access
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  5. 5 Optimality or sustainability? No access
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  6. 6 Towards a definition of sustainable development No access
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    1. 7.1 Socio-medical aspect of stability No access
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    2. 7.2 The humanitarian aspect of stability No access
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    3. 7.3 Interrelationship of the three aspects of stability No access
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    4. 7.4 Anticipating the consequences of the use of technology is more important than the technology itself No access
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    5. 7.5 The ordinary consciousness and the problem of sustainability No access
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    6. 7.6 The role of science, education and moral training in the transition to sustainable development No access
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  1. 1 Galileo’s new science and technological development No access
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  2. 2 From a geometric scheme to physical processes and from the latter to a design diagram No access
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  3. 3 The natural and the artificial No access
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  4. 4 Conclusion No access
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  2. 1 Air pollution and the rise of atmospheric chemistry No access
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  3. 2 Chemistry of the global atmosphere – ozone hole and climate change No access
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