Using Knowledge

On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology
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Author: Ingemar Nordin ISBN: 9781498541107
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: July 31, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Ingemar Nordin
ISBN: 9781498541107
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: July 31, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

In Using Knowledge: On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine Ingemar Nordin analyses the philosophical problems and nature of science, technology, and medicine. The main focus of the book is on the structure and dynamics of technological change. What implications do the goals of technology have for its rationality? How can the pragmatic problem of induction be solved within a fallibilistic and skeptical context? Nordin shows that the social context is of vital importance for the goal of technology (usefulness) and its rational development, with important consequences for how to design a techno policy in society. A rational technological development needs technological pluralism since knowledge of what is useful is scattered among millions of users.

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In Using Knowledge: On the Rationality of Science, Technology, and Medicine Ingemar Nordin analyses the philosophical problems and nature of science, technology, and medicine. The main focus of the book is on the structure and dynamics of technological change. What implications do the goals of technology have for its rationality? How can the pragmatic problem of induction be solved within a fallibilistic and skeptical context? Nordin shows that the social context is of vital importance for the goal of technology (usefulness) and its rational development, with important consequences for how to design a techno policy in society. A rational technological development needs technological pluralism since knowledge of what is useful is scattered among millions of users.

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