{"title":"Fighting in the legal grey area: an analysis of the German Federal Court of Justice decision in case preimplantation genetic diagnosis.","authors":"Susanne Benöhr-Laqueur","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0093-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-011-0093-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>According to the German Embryo Protection Act, PGD has been banned in Germany since 1990; one reason is the legislature's avoiding to insert a revision clause regarding medical advance into the law. The ruling of the German Federal Court of Justice of July 2010 shows the problems resulting out of this approach and declares PGD to be permitted in certain cases. The article discusses the necessity for, as well as the problems of, an interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of reproductive medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"8 1","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-011-0093-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30319392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is a problem?: On problem-oriented interdisciplinarity.","authors":"Jan C Schmidt","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0091-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-011-0091-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among others, the term \"problem\" plays a major role in the various attempts to characterize interdisciplinarity or transdisciplinarity, as used synonymously in this paper. Interdisciplinarity (ID) is regarded as \"problem solving among science, technology and society\" and as \"problem orientation beyond disciplinary constraints\" (cf. Frodeman et al.: The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010). The point of departure of this paper is that the discourse and practice of ID have problems with the \"problem\". The objective here is to shed some light on the vague notion of \"problem\" in order to advocate a specific type of interdisciplinarity: problem-oriented interdisciplinarity. The outline is as follows: Taking an ex negativo approach, I will show what problem-oriented ID does not mean. Using references to well-established distinctions in philosophy of science, I will show three other types of ID that should not be placed under the umbrella term \"problem-oriented ID\": object-oriented ID (\"ontology\"), theory-oriented ID (epistemology), and method-oriented ID (methodology). Different philosophical thought traditions can be related to these distinguishable meanings. I will then clarify the notion of \"problem\" by looking at three systematic elements: an undesired (initial) state, a desired (goal) state, and the barriers in getting from the one to the other. These three elements include three related kinds of knowledge: systems, target, and transformation knowledge. This paper elaborates further methodological and epistemological elements of problem-oriented ID. It concludes by stressing that problem-oriented ID is the most needed as well as the most challenging type of ID.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 4","pages":"249-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-011-0091-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30104748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A critique of Bernstein's beyond objectivism and relativism: science, hermeneutics, and praxis.","authors":"Jonathan Matusitz, Eric Kramer","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0089-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10202-011-0089-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This analysis comments on Bernstein's lack of clear understanding of subjectivity, based on his book, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis. Bernstein limits his interpretation of subjectivity to thinkers such as Gadamer and Habermas. The authors analyze the ideas of classic scholars such as Edmund Husserl and Friedrich Nietzsche. Husserl put forward his notion of transcendental subjectivity and phenomenological ramifications of the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity. Nietzsche referred to subjectivity as \"perspectivism,\" the inescapable fact that any and all consciousnesses exist in space and time. Consciousness is fundamentally constituted of cultural, linguistic, and historical dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 4","pages":"291-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136698/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30104633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interdisciplinarity and innovation dynamics. On convergence of research, technology, economy, and society.","authors":"Klaus Mainzer","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0088-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-011-0088-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the age of globalization, economic growth and the welfare of nations decisively depend on basic innovations. Therefore, education and knowledge is an important advantage of competition in highly developed countries with high standards of salaries, but raw material shortage. In the twenty-first century, innovations will arise from problem-oriented research, crossing over traditional faculties and disciplines. Therefore, we need platforms of interdisciplinary dialogue to choose transdisciplinary problems (e.g., environment, energy, information, health, welfare) and to cluster new portfolios of technologies. The clusters of research during the excellence initiative at German universities are examples of converging sciences. The integration of natural and engineering sciences as well as medicine can only be realized if the research training programs (e.g., graduate schools) generate a considerable added value in terms of multidisciplinary experience, international networking, scientific and entrepreneurial know-how, and personality development. The Carl von Linde-Academy is presented as an example of an interdisciplinary center of research and teaching at the Technical University of Munich.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 4","pages":"275-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-011-0088-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30104632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kaspar Schott's \"encyclopedia of all mathematical sciences\"","authors":"Eberhard Knobloch","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0090-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-011-0090-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 1661, Kaspar Schott published his comprehensive textbook \"Cursus mathematicus\" in Würzburg for the first time, his \"Encyclopedia of all mathematical sciences\". It was so successful that it was published again in 1674 and 1677. In its 28 books, Schott gave an introduction for beginners in 22 mathematical disciplines by means of 533 figures and numerous tables. He wanted to avoid the shortness and the unintelligibility of his predecessors Alsted and Hérigone. He cited or recommended far more than hundred authors, among them Protestants like Michael Stifel and Johannes Kepler, but also Catholics like Nicolaus Copernicus. The paper gives a survey of this work and explains especially interesting aspects: The dedication to the German emperor Leopold I., Athanasius Kircher's letter of recommendation as well as Schott's classification of sciences, explanations regarding geometry, astronomy, and algebra.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 4","pages":"225-247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-011-0090-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30012022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Science, interdisciplinarity, and the society.","authors":"Stephan Lingner","doi":"10.1007/s10202-011-0092-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-011-0092-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 4","pages":"221-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-011-0092-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30104747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Against politicization of science: Comment on S. Keller: Scientization: putting global climate change on the scientific agenda since 1970 and the role of the IPCC.","authors":"Hans von Storch, Dennis Bray","doi":"10.1007/s10202-010-0085-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0085-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 3","pages":"211-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-010-0085-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29452655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A procedural approach to distributing responsibilities in R&D networks.","authors":"Neelke Doorn","doi":"10.1007/s10202-010-0086-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0086-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In professional settings, people often have diverse and competing conceptions of responsibility and of when it is fair to hold someone responsible. This may lead to undesirable gaps in the distribution of responsibilities. In this paper, a procedural model is developed for alleviating the tension between diverging responsibility conceptions. The model is based on the Rawlsian approach of wide reflective equilibrium and overlapping consensus. The model is applied to a technological project, which concerned the development of an in-house monitoring system based on ambient technology. The development of this innovative technology raised questions among the technological researchers about its social acceptance and the way issues related to privacy and security should be addressed. The case is analyzed in terms of two procedural norms (reflective learning and inclusiveness), which are based on literature on policy and innovation networks. Analysis of the case shows that, in a pluralist setting, a procedural approach can be useful for encouraging discussion on the legitimacy of different responsibility conceptions and the question what a fair responsibility distribution amounts to.</p>","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 3","pages":"169-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-010-0086-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"29452656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scientization: putting global climate change on the scientific agenda and the role of the IPCC","authors":"Sarina Keller","doi":"10.1007/s10202-010-0083-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0083-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 1","pages":"197-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-010-0083-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52042367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving common grounds in communication via interfaces: a role of spatial frames for reference","authors":"N. Khetrapal","doi":"10.1007/s10202-010-0084-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0084-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89217,"journal":{"name":"Poiesis & praxis : international journal of ethics of science and technology assessment","volume":"7 1","pages":"189-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10202-010-0084-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52042383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}