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Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird
| Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchummerJoachim
BairdDavis |
| Soggetto topico |
Nanotechnology - Philosophy
Nanotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects Nanotechnology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-91921-7
9786611919214 981-277-397-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; 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
(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 (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 (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? (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? (13) Living with Uncertainty: Toward the Ongoing Normative Assessment of Nanotechnology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450841703321 |
| River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird
| Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchummerJoachim
BairdDavis |
| Soggetto topico |
Nanotechnology - Philosophy
Nanotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects Nanotechnology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-281-91921-7
9786611919214 981-277-397-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; 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
(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 (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 (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? (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? (13) Living with Uncertainty: Toward the Ongoing Normative Assessment of Nanotechnology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784999603321 |
| River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird
| Nanotechnology challenges [[electronic resource] ] : implications for philosophy, ethics, and society / / editors, Joachim Schummer & Davis Baird |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchummerJoachim
BairdDavis |
| Soggetto topico |
Nanotechnology - Philosophy
Nanotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects Nanotechnology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-281-91921-7
9786611919214 981-277-397-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; 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
(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 (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 (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? (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? (13) Living with Uncertainty: Toward the Ongoing Normative Assessment of Nanotechnology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823780703321 |
| River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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