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Normativity and Innovation : An Approach to Concepts of Innovation from the Perspective of Philosophy of Technology
Normativity and Innovation : An Approach to Concepts of Innovation from the Perspective of Philosophy of Technology
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Schmidt, Jan Cornelius
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The aim of this short paper is to sketch an analytic
approach to innovation from the perspective of philosophy of
technology. Until now, philosophers have been reluctant to address
issues of innovation—even though both innovation research
and philosophy of technology share the same object of
study: the intersection of science, technology, and society. In this
paper I will reveal normative assumptions in innovation research.
I identify normativity in four areas: (1) theory of society
and innovation, (2) objects of innovation (artifacts, processes,
knowledge, problems), (3) process of innovation, and (4) ethics
and innovation. This paper presents an outline for a research
program and a catalog of questions—and not a net argumentation
or final answers. The aim is to attract philosophical interest
and to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration between social
scientists and philosophers.
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2008-01
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