The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives (Hardcover, 2015)

Preface.- Contributors.- Part I. Introductory.- Preview; Sven Ove Hansson.- Chapter 1. Science and technology. What they are and why their relation matters; Sven Ove Hansson.-Part II. The technological origins of science.- Chapter 2. Technological thinking in science; David F. Channell.- Chapter 3. The scientific use of technological instruments; Mieke Boon.- Chapter 4. Experiments before science. What science learned from technological experiments Sven Ove Hansson.- Part III. Modern technology shapes modern science.- Chapter 5. Iteration unleashed. Computer technology in science; Johannes Lenhard.- Chapter 6. Computer simulations: a new mode of scientific inquiry?; Stephanie Ruphy.- Chapter 7. Adopting a technological stance toward the living world. Promises, pitfalls and perils; Russell Powell.- Part IV. Reflections on a complex relationship.- Chapter 8. Goal rationality in science and technology. An epistemological perspective; Erik J. Olsson.- Chapter 9. Reflections on rational goals in science and technology. A comment on Olsson; Peter Kroes.- Chapter 10. The naturalness of the naturalistic fallacy and the ethics of nanotechnology; Maoro Dorato.- Chapter 11. Human well-being, nature and technology; Ibo van de Poel.- Chapter 12. Philosophy of science and philosophy of technology: one or two philosophies of one or two objects?; Maarten Franssen.