Technoscientific Research 2nd Edition by Roman Morawski ISBN 311117980X 978-3111179803
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ISBN 10: 311117980X
ISBN 13: 978-3111179803
Author: Roman Morawski
Unlike the bulk majority of publications on philosophy of science and research ethics, which are authored by professional philosophers and intended for philosophers, this book has been written by a research practitioner and intended for research practitioners. It is distinctive by its integrative approach to methodological and ethical issues related to research practice, with special emphasis of mathematical modelling and measurement, as well as by attempted application of engineering design methodology to moral decision making. It is also distinctive by more than 200 real-world examples drawn from various domains of science and technology. It is neither a philosophical treaty nor a quick-reference guide. It is intended to encourage young researchers, especially Ph.D. students, to deeper philosophical reflection over research practice. They are not expected to have any philosophical background, but encouraged to consult indicated sources of primary information and academic textbooks containing syntheses of information from primary sources. This book can be a teaching aid for students attending classes aimed at identification of methodological and ethical issues related to technoscientific research, followed by introduction to the methodology of analysing dilemmas arising in this context.
Technoscientific Research 2nd Table of contents:
1 Introduction
1.1 Science, technology and technoscience
1.2 Contents and objectives of this book
1.3 Profile, style and structure of this book
2 Selected concepts of logic and philosophy
2.1 Typology of definitions
2.2 Elements of logic
2.2.1 Statements and arguments
2.2.2 Elementary rules of deductive inference
2.2.3 Advanced rules of deductive inference
2.2.4 Rules of inductive and abductive inference
2.3 Definition and structure of philosophy
2.3.1 Definition of philosophy
2.3.2 Structure of philosophy
2.4 Key concepts of epistemology
2.4.1 Truth
2.4.2 Knowledge and information
2.4.3 Scientific laws and theories
3 Science in historical perspective
3.1 Protoscience
3.1.1 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
3.1.2 Ancient Greece
3.1.3 Roman Empire
3.1.4 Arab empire
3.1.5 Medieval Europe
3.2 Classical science
3.2.1 From Copernicus to Newton
3.2.2 From natural philosophy to sciences
3.2.3 From theory to practice
3.2.4 From steady growth to revolution
3.3 Technoscience
4 Philosophy of science in historical perspective
4.1 Philosophy of protoscience
4.2 Philosophy of classical science
4.3 Philosophy of science in first half of twentieth century
4.4 Philosophy of science in second half of twentieth century
4.5 Recent trends in philosophy of science
4.5.1 Neo-pragmatism
4.5.2 Naturalism
4.5.3 Scientific realism
4.5.4 Bayesianism
4.5.5 Specialisation
5 Mathematical modelling
5.1 Models in science
5.2 General methodology of mathematical modelling
5.3 Typology and examples of mathematical models
5.4 Causal modelling
5.5 Computational modelling
5.6 Cognitive status of mathematical models
5.6.1 Adequacy and accuracy of mathematical models
5.6.2 Mathematical models and instrumentalism
6 Measurement
6.1 Basic concepts of measurement science
6.2 System of quantities and measurement units
6.3 Mathematical meta-model of measurement
6.3.1 Development step #1
6.3.2 Development step #2
6.3.3 Development step #3
6.4 Interpretation of key concepts of measurement science in terms of mathematical modelling
6.4.1 Measurand
6.4.2 Calibration
6.4.3 Measurement uncertainty
7 Scientific explanation
7.1 Scientific explanation versus scientific prediction
7.2 Nomological explanation
7.3 Causal explanation
7.4 Computer-aided explanation
7.5 Explanatory pluralism
8 Context of discovery
8.1 Discovery versus invention
8.2 Theoretical aspects of technoscientific creativity
8.3 Practical aspects of technoscientific creativity
8.4 Generation of scientific hypotheses
8.5 Pre-selection of scientific hypotheses
9 Context of justification
9.1 Preliminary considerations
9.1.1 Basic concepts
9.1.2 Introductory example
9.2 Underdetermination and Duhem-Quine thesis
9.3 Transformation of hypotheses into scientific knowledge
9.3.1 Inference to best explanation
9.3.2 Scientific evidence and confirmation
9.3.3 Bayesian confirmation
9.4 Research methods and research methodology
9.4.1 Basic concepts
9.4.2 Criteria of good research
9.4.3 Contents of research methodology
10 Uncertainty of technoscientific knowledge
10.1 Preliminary considerations
10.2 Critical versus naïve understanding of scientific method
10.3 Demarcation problem
10.4 Uncertainty of observation and measurement
10.4.1 Basic methods for evaluation of measurement uncertainty
10.4.2 Advanced methods for evaluation of measurement uncertainty
10.5 Uncertainty of technoscientific reasoning
10.6 Mitigation of uncertainty of technoscientific knowledge
11 Basic concepts of Western ethics
11.1 Objectives and motivations
11.2 Elements of metaethics and general ethics
11.2.1 Good, value, morality
11.2.2 Ethics and metaethics
11.2.3 Monistic approaches to ethics
11.2.4 Moral responsibility
11.3 Relation of ethics to humanities, sciences, law and religion
11.3.1 Relation of ethics to other philosophical disciplines
11.3.2 Relation of ethics to sciences
11.3.3 Relation of ethics to law and religion
12 Western ethics in historical perspective
12.1 Ancient and medieval concepts of ethics
12.1.1 Ancient code-based systems of ethics
12.1.2 Ethical intellectualism of Socrates
12.1.3 Eudaimonism of Plato
12.1.4 Virtue ethics of Aristotle
12.1.5 Moralism of stoics
12.1.6 Christian ethics
12.1.7 Ethics of natural law
12.2 Modern concepts of ethics
12.2.1 Ethics of human rights
12.2.2 Moral sentimentalism of David Hume
12.2.3 Formal ethics of Immanuel Kant
12.2.4 Utilitarian ethics
12.2.5 Material ethics of value
12.2.6 Ethics of discourse
12.2.7 Ethics of justice
12.2.8 Weltethos or universal ethics
13 System of values associated with technoscience
13.1 Preliminary considerations
13.2 Typology of values
13.2.1 General characteristics of values
13.2.2 Epistemic and utilitarian values
13.2.3 Ethical and social values
13.2.4 Trust in technoscience
13.3 Conflicts of values
14 Principles of moral decision-making
14.1 Moral dilemmas
14.2 Selected patterns of ethical reasoning
14.2.1 General scheme of moral decision-making
14.2.2 Selected tools of ethical reasoning
14.3 Decision theory versus ethical reasoning
14.4 Perverse effects of morally significant decisions
15 General issues of research ethics
15.1 Metaethical assumptions
15.2 Typology and aetiology of research misconduct
15.2.1 Typology of research misconduct
15.2.2 Aetiology of research misconduct
15.3 Evolution of research ethics
15.4 Choice of a research problem
15.5 Choice of research methodology
15.5.1 Ethical background of research methodology
15.5.2 Laboratory notebook
16 Ethical aspects of experimentation
16.1 Typology of experiment-related misconduct
16.2 Experimentation involving humans and animals
16.2.1 Experimentation involving humans
16.2.2 Experimentation involving animals
16.3 Acquisition and processing of experimental data
16.3.1 Fabrication, falsification and theft of data
16.3.2 Intentional misinterpretation of data
16.4 Technical infrastructure of experimentation
16.4.1 Engineering aspects of experimentation
16.4.2 Safety aspects of experimentation
16.4.3 Ethical aspects of internet experimentation
17 Ethical aspects of information processing
17.1 Preliminary considerations
17.2 Technoscientific discussion
17.2.1 Principles of rational discussion
17.2.2 Fallacious argumentation
17.2.3 Eristic or art of being right
17.3 Publication of research results
17.3.1 Content and form of technoscientific publications
17.3.2 Authorship of technoscientific publications
17.3.3 Publication policy and its ethical implications
17.4 Reviewing process
17.4.1 General principles
17.4.2 Editorial practices
17.4.3 Decline of scientific criticism
17.5 Research grant applications
17.6 Research assessment
17.6.1 Perverse effects of quantophrenic research assessment
17.6.2 Perverse effects of university rankings
18 Legal protection of intellectual property
18.1 Basic concepts related to intellectual property
18.2 Legal protection of author’s rights
18.2.1 Subject and owner of author’s rights
18.2.2 Moral versus economic author’s rights
18.2.3 Scope of personal permissible use
18.2.4 Citation rules
18.3 Legal protection of inventor’s rights
18.3.1 Subject of inventor’s rights
18.3.2 Moral and economic inventor’s rights
18.3.3 Patenting procedure
18.3.4 Limits of inventor’s rights
18.3.5 Justification of patent system
18.4 Critical analysis of legal protection of economic author’s and inventor’s rights
18.4.1 General philosophical argumentation
18.4.2 Argumentation referring to differences between material and intellectual property
18.4.3 Critical analysis of copyright
18.4.4 Critical analysis of patent system
18.5 Future of legal protection of intellectual property
19 Ethical issues implied by information technologies
19.1 Information technology in age of globalisation
19.2 Overview of ethical issues related to use of information technology
19.3 Information technology in research practice
19.4 Netiquette or internet ethics
19.4.1 Netiquette rules
19.4.2 Netiquette versus ethics of journalism
19.5 Ethical issues related to AI-assisted technologies
20 Concluding remarks
20.1 Evolution of research methodology and research ethics
20.2 Education in research methodology and research ethics
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