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Scientific Knowledge and the Transgression of Boundaries

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Editors:
  1. Bettina-Johanna Krings

    1. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) , Karlsruhe, Germany

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  2. Hannot Rodríguez

    1. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

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  3. Anna Schleisiek

    1. Berlin, Germany

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  • Empirical evidence with regard to the topic
  • Interdisciplinary approach
  • New scientific perspectives on boundary transgression

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Possibilities and Limits of Science-Based Boundary Transgressions

    • Bettina-Johanna Krings, Hannot Rodríguez, Anna Schleisiek
    Pages 1-19

  3. Disciplinary Transgression of Boundaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Science and Experiment

      • Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
      Pages 23-33

    3. From “Imaging 2.0” to “Imaging 3.0”

      • Kathrin Friedrich
      Pages 35-57

    4. The Use and Influence of Indicators in Decisions About Technological Innovation

      • Nuno Boavida
      Pages 59-99

  4. Extra-Disciplinary Transgression of Boundaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Shifting Practices of Academia as an Entrepreneurial Organization in Indonesia

      • Farah Purwaningrum
      Pages 103-132

    3. Designing “Integration Machines”

      • Judith Igelsböck
      Pages 133-160

    4. Cosmology and the End of Weberian Science

      • Genco Guralp
      Pages 161-186

    5. Cosmology and Theology

      • Fabrice Pataut
      Pages 187-198

  5. Radical Transgression of Boundaries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Boundaries Between Territories of Knowledge

      • Jaume Navarro
      Pages 201-228

    3. Naturalism and Scientific Hierarchy

      • Pedro Sáez Williams
      Pages 229-257

    4. Prolegomena to a Genealogy of the Transgressive Mindset

      • Steve Fuller
      Pages 259-277

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 279-286
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About this book

The aim of this book is to understand and critically appraise science-based transgression dynamics in their whole complexity. It includes contributions from experts with different disciplinary backgrounds, such as philosophy, history and sociology. Thus, it is in itself an example of boundary transgression.
Scientific disciplines and their objects have tended to be seen as permanent and distinct. However, science is better conceived as an activity that constantly surpasses, erases and rebuilds all kinds of boundaries, either disciplinary, socio-ethical or ecological. This transgressive capacity, a characteristic trait of science and its applications, defines us as “knowledge societies.” However, scientific and technological developments are also sources of serious environmental and social concerns. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) , Karlsruhe, Germany

    Bettina-Johanna Krings

  • University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Hannot Rodríguez

  • Berlin, Germany

    Anna Schleisiek

About the editors

Bettina-Johanna Krings (MA in Sociology, Political Science and Anthropology; PhD in Sociology) is head of the research department “Knowledge Society and Knowledge Policy” at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Hannot Rodríguez (PhD in Philosophy) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.
Anna Schleisiek (Dipl.-Soz.) is doing research on the role of economic principles in the scientific practice of research teams for her PhD project in sociology.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Scientific Knowledge and the Transgression of Boundaries

  • Editors: Bettina-Johanna Krings, Hannot Rodríguez, Anna Schleisiek

  • Series Title: Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14449-4

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-14448-7Published: 15 December 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-14449-4Published: 30 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2524-3764

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-3772

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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