Technoscientific Research: Methodological and Ethical Aspects

✍ Scribed by Roman Z. Morawski

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 516
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the content:

Introduction

Mathematical modelling

Measurement

Scientific explanation

Context of discovery

Context of justification

Uncertainty of scientific knowledge

Morality and moral philosophy

System ofvalues associated with science

General principles of moral decision-making

Researchethics

Methodological and ethical issues related to experimentation

Methodological and ethical issues to researchinformation

Methodological and ethical issuesrelated to legal protection of intellectual property

• Importance of topic has been significantly growing especially within the development of industry 4.0.
• Author with long teaching experience and high reputation as researcher of measurement technology.
• Examples from various disciplines.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Selected concepts of logic and philosophy
3. Science in historical perspective
4. Philosophy of science in historical perspective
5. Mathematical modelling
6. Measurement
7. Scientific explanation
8. Context of discovery
9. Context of justification
10. Uncertainty of scientific knowledge
11. Basic concepts of Western ethics
12. Western ethics in historical perspective
13. System of values associated with science
14. Principles of moral decision-making
15. General issues of research ethics
16. Ethical aspects of experimentation
17. Ethical aspects of information processing
18. Legal protection of intellectual property
19. Ethical issues implied by information technologies
20. Concluding remarks
Appendix: Milestones in the history of science
References
Index of Names
Index of Terms