Evandro Agazzi : : right, wrong and science : the ethical dimensions of the techno-scientific enterprise / / edited by Craig Dilworth.

• Superior document: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81
• TeilnehmendeR: Dilworth, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English; Italian
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 pages)
• Notes: "The present edition differs from all others ... in containing commentaries on the text by leading philosophers of science and of technology, as well as replies to these commentaries by Professor Agazzi"--Page 10.

Solving the problem of the negative impact of science and technology on society and the environment is indeed the greatest challenge of our time. To date, this challenge has been taken up by few professional philosophers of science, making this volume a welcome contribution to the general debate. Agazzi’s treatment involves viewing modern science and technology as each constituting systems. Against the background of this approach, he provides a penetrating analysis of science, technology and ethics, and their interrelations. Agazzi sees the solution to the problem as lying in the moral sphere and including a multilateral assumption of responsibility on the part of decision makers both within and outside of science.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Craig Dilworth -- EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION / Craig Dilworth -- PREFACE / Evandro Agazzi -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS / Craig Dilworth -- INTRODUCTION / Craig Dilworth -- WHAT IS SCIENCE? / Craig Dilworth -- SCIENCE AND SOCIETY / Craig Dilworth -- IS SCIENCE NEUTRAL? / Craig Dilworth -- SCIENCE, TECHNIQUE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth -- THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC IDEOLOGY / Craig Dilworth -- THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM / Craig Dilworth -- NORMS AND VALUES IN HUMAN ACTION / Craig Dilworth -- THE ROLE OF VALUES IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES / Craig Dilworth -- THEORETICAL RATIONALITY AND PRACTICAL RATIONALITY / Craig Dilworth -- THE MORAL JUDGMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth -- THE PROBLEM OF RISK / Craig Dilworth -- THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE IN A SYSTEMS-THEORETIC APPROACH / Craig Dilworth -- THE ETHICAL DIMENSION / Craig Dilworth -- AN ETHICS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth -- REFERENCES / Craig Dilworth -- THE CHALLENGE OF THE FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE / Juliana González -- THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF RATIONALITY / Francisco Miró Quesada -- SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND ETHICS / Vladislav Lektorsky -- THE CENTRALITY OF TRUTH / Mario Bunge -- SOME REFLECTIONS ON AGAZZI’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE / D. P. Chattopadhyaya -- PRACTICAL RATIONALITY AND TECHNICAL RATIONALITY / Enrico Berti -- KNOWLEDGE, ACTIVITY AND ETHICAL JUDGMENT / Boris Yudin -- TECHNO-SCIENCES AND ETHICS / Gilbert Hottois -- THE ALLEGED ERROR OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY / Paul T. Durbin -- EVANDRO AGAZZI’S ETHICAL PRAGMATISM OF SCIENCE / Janos Boros -- A SCHEME-INTERPRETATIONIST SOPHISTICATION OF AGAZZI’S SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SCIENCE AND ETHICS / Hans Lenk -- A NOTE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORMS / Jean Ladrière -- THE NON-LINEARITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM / Louk Fleischhacker -- SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AXIOLOGY OF SCIENCE / Javier Echeverría -- REPLIES TO THE COMMENTARIES / Evandro Agazzi -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS / Craig Dilworth -- NAME INDEX / Craig Dilworth -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Craig Dilworth.