Techno-scientific practices : an informational approach /: an informational approach. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Federica Russo.
• Authors: Russo, Federica, 1978-
• Contents: List of abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Whence Philosophy of Techno-Science? PART 1: TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNO-SCIENCE22 2. Philosophy of Science or Philosophy of Technology 3. Techno-scientific practices: theoretical framework and selected episodes 4. Two tools from the Philosophy of Information PART 2: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES 5. Modeling and validation in techno-scientific practices 6. The informational content of evidence 7. Establishing the truth of techno-scientific claims 8. Techno-scientific knowledge and the role of instruments 9. Poiêsis: how human and artificial epistemic agents co-produce knowledge PART 3: THE ONTOEPISTEMOLOGY OF TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES 10. Deriving ontology from epistemology 11. The prospects of process-based ontologies 12. Causality as information transmission 13. Wither Philosophy of Techno-Science? Bibliography Index About the author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 501; Science -- Philosophy; Technology -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786612342
• Related ISBNs: 9781786612328; 9781786612335
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