LEADER 04756nam 22006854a 450 001 9910823780703321 005 20240404152101.0 010 $a1-281-91921-7 010 $a9786611919214 010 $a981-277-397-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407529 035 $a(EBL)1681322 035 $a(OCoLC)879074162 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207194 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238646 035 $a(PQKB)11279806 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681322 035 $a(WSP)00006067 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681322 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10201478 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL191921 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407529 100 $a20060210d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNanotechnology challenges $eimplications for philosophy, ethics, and society /$feditors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aRiver Edge, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (476 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-256-729-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS ; Introduction ; Part 1: Philosophical Issues ; I. The Drexler Challenge ; (1) Two Cultures of Nanotechnology? ; (2) The Drexler-Smalley Debate on Nanotechnology Incommensurability at Work? ; II. The Metaphysics of Nanotechnology 327 $a(3) Noumenal Technology: Reflections on the Incredible Tininess of Nano (4) Nanotechnology and Nature: On Two Criteria for Understanding their Relationship ; (5) Small but Determined: Technological Determinism in Nanoscience ; III. The Truth of Nanoscopic Images 327 $a(6) When is an Image Not an Image ? (7) Changes in the Design of Scanning Tunneling Microscopic Images from 1980 to 1990 ; IV. Dealing with Complexity ; (8) Analyzing the Complexity of Nanotechnology 327 $a(9) Nanotechnology: Generalizations in an Interdisciplinary Field of Science and Technology Part 2: Ethical Issues ; V. Social and Environmental Ethics of Nanotechnology ; (10) What Counts as a 'Social and Ethical Issue' in Nanotechnology? 327 $a(11) The Promise and Threat of Nanotechnology: Can Environmental Ethics Guide Us? VI. Managing the Risks of Nanotechnology ; (12) Nanosciences and their Convergence with Other Technologies: New Golden Age or Apocalypse? 327 $a(13) Living with Uncertainty: Toward the Ongoing Normative Assessment of Nanotechnology 330 $a Nanotechnology is an emerging and rapidly growing field whose dynamics and prospects pose many great challenges not only to scientists and engineers but also to society at large. This volume includes the state-of-the-art philosophical, ethical, and sociological reflection on nanotechnology, written by leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences in North America and Europe. It unravels the philosophical underpinnings of nanotechnology, its metaphysical and epistemological foundations, and its conceptual complexity. It explores the ethical issues of nanotechnology, its impact on hu 606 $aNanotechnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aNanotechnology$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aNanotechnology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNanotechnology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aNanotechnology$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aNanotechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 701 $aSchummer$b Joachim$0156019 701 $aBaird$b Davis$061630 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823780703321 996 $aNanotechnology challenges$93929667 997 $aUNINA