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We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature and then produces technological applications, but that the very problems of scientific research themselves are generated by science and technology. Simultaneously, problems like global warming, the toxicology of nanoparticles, or the use of renewable energies are constituted by many factors that interact with great complexity. Science in the context of application is challenged to gain new understanding and control of such complexity - it cannot seek shelter in the ivory tower or simply pursue its internal quest for understanding and gradual improvement of grand theories. Science in the Context of Application will identify, explore and assess these changes. Part I considers the 'Changing Conditions of Scientific Research' and part II 'Science, Values, and Society'. Examples are drawn from pharmaceutical research, the information sciences, simulation modelling, nanotechnology, cancer research, the effects of commercialization, and many other fields. The book assembles papers from well-known European and American Science Studies scholars like Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Janet Kourany, Michael Mahoney, Margaret Morrison, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Arie Rip, Dan Sarewitz, Peter Weingart, and others. The individual chapters are written to address anyone who is concerned about the role of contemporary science in society, including scientists, philosophers, and policy makers.

Kann man über Nichtwissen, das heißt über etwas, das abwesend ist, kommunizieren? Was ist unter Nichtwissen zu verstehen? Wie ist Nichtwissen erkenntnistheoretisch, wissenschaftskritisch und diskursanalytisch einzuordnen? Welche Rolle spielt Nichtwissen wissenschaftsintern einerseits, in Beratungskontexten und für Fragen der konkreten Entscheidungsfindung andererseits? Philosophen, Soziologen und Sprachwissenschaftler diskutieren über grundlegende begriffliche Unterscheidungen vom Wissen zum Nichtwissen, über die Kommunizierbarkeit von Nichtwissen und seine Relevanz im Wissenschaftsdiskurs, über bio- und umweltethische Fragen und über disziplinär unterschiedliche Nichtwissenskulturen. Einige Beiträge bieten darüber hinaus Einblick in anwendungsorientierte Fragen, insbesondere der Technikfolgenabschätzung, der Nanotechnologie und der Altlastensanierung.

Facts are created. This raises knowledge-theoretical matters, but also aesthetic matters - insofar as they are emblematic of the absolute giveness of the world. Established approaches of scientific research explore their construction.This volume for the first time takes up the dazzlingly insightful concept of »fait accompli«. The thematization of the sublime perfection of facts proves fruitful for a historically broad philosophy of science, science and technology research, philosophy and history of science, and design theory