EAN: 9783110319217

THROUGH THE MIRRORS OF SCIENCE GEBUNDEN

Is the objective that the European Union set itself in 2000  that is  to be «the most
competitive knowledge-based society and economy» by 2010 still realistic? The momentous year
has arrived  but it is discouraging to note that very few steps have been made in the direction
that was fixed. What has gone wrong? Were the philosophical  epistemological and economic
conditions adequate to achieve the desired result? This book - the result of a research project
commissioned by the European Commission - critically investigates the society of knowledge and
the way in which the European Union has proceeded towards it  examining first of all the
premises and the contributions that the disciplines of Science and Technological Studies can
provide. In this way  we have proposed innovative theoretical and epistemological bases for a
multidisciplinary approach - making use of the Modelling Approach to Science - and therefore
insisting on the function that human sciences can have for a society of knowledge that hinges
not so much on an industrialist scenario  but a humanist one that eschews hyper-specialization
and instead privileges creativity  flexibility  imagination and innovation economy.

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