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Jeremi Walewicz-Antonowicz Reconstructing Worldviews
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Mimesis International Atmospheres in Everyday Life
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Mimesis International Genesis and Structure of Society
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Mimesis International The Virtuous Patient
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Mimesis International A Diastole Without Systole
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Brill Global Spencerism: The Communication and Appropriation of a British Evolutionist
Book SynopsisToday the name most closely associated with evolutionary theory is Charles Darwin. Given Darwin’s immense reputation it is easy to forget that Herbert Spencer, in his time, was just as famous as Darwin. It turns out that Spencer’s evolutionary thought was not what necessarily appealed to many of his readers, since they had their own sense of his identity and importance. By focusing on Spencer the evolutionist, scholars have tended to concentrate their attention on a rather narrow view of him that has come out of Anglo-American appropriations of his thought. Spencer was one of the first international, public intellectuals whose views on psychology, religion, sociology, ethics, education, and biology captured the imagination of readers all over the world. The chapters will cover the communication and appropriation of Spencer’s ideas in Russia, the Middle East, China, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Italy, Scandinavia, and France. Contributors are: Li Bin, Juan Manuel Rodriguez Caso, Gowan Dawson, Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues, Marwa Elshakry, Mark Francis, G. Clinton Godart, Michael Gordon, Paola Govoni, Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Hans Henrik Hjermitslev, Ricardo Noguera-Solano, Adriana Novoa, Greg Radick, Nathalie Richard, Ke Zunke.Table of ContentsIntroduction Bernard Lightman 1 “What a Go-a-Head People They Are!”: The Hostile Appropriation of Herbert Spencer in Imperial Russia Michael D. Gordin 2 Spencer’s Arabic Readers Marwa Elshakry 3 Spencerism in Japan: Boom and Bust of a Theory G. Clinton Godart 4 Spencer and Science Education in China Ke Zunke and Li Bin 5 The Reforming Spencerians: William James, Josiah Royce and John Dewey Mark Francis 6 Spencer’s American Disciples: Fiske, Youmans, and the Appropriation of the System Bernard Lightman 7 The Ideology of the “Survival of the Fittest” during the Porfiriato in Mexico Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Ricardo Noguera Solano, and Juan Manuel Rodríguez Caso 8 The Rise and Fall of Spencer’s Evolutionary Ideas in Argentina, 1870–1910 Adriana Novoa 9 Spencerism in Brazil: An Introduction Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues 10 The Importance of Being Quantified: Herbert Spencer in Liberal Italy, and Beyond Paola Govoni 11 Education and Evolution: Appropriations of Herbert Spencer in Scandinavia, 1870–1920 Hans Henrik Hjermitslev 12 A ‘Spencerian Moment’ in French Cultural History? Spencer in France (1870–1890) Nathalie Richard Afterword Gowan Dawson and Gregory Radick
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Brill Knowledge, Patents, Power: The Making of a Patent System in the Dutch Republic
Book SynopsisIn Knowledge, Patents, Power, Marius Buning tells the complex story of how the emergence of a Dutch patent regime is related to wider issues concerning governmental control and innovation. Buning analyses the institutional framework in which "innovative knowledge" could develop in the Dutch Republic from a variety of perspectives. This is not only a comprehensive study of patent law and its administrative and legal framework during the first four decades of the Dutch republic, it also opens up new perspectives on a wide range of issues in cultural and political history— from truth claims in early modern science to issues concerning mercantilism and Dutch seventeenth-century processes of state formation.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Preliminary Scope and objectives Outline 1 Inventing a System The Dutch Revolt: Setting the stage Patents in the Habsburg Netherlands The political organization of the Dutch Republic Patents amidst constitutional confusion Conclusions 2 Administrative Practices The application process Examinations and rewards Areas of usage: war, trade and industry Conclusions 3. Legitimate Monopolies Historical backgrounds Privileges as a legal instrument Experimental practices Conclusions 4. Merchants of Ideas The dawn of projects Venture capital The applicants Costumers and clients Conclusions 5 The Circulation of Knowledge Inventions and discoveries Novelties and imitation Competition and friendly exchange Notions of efficiency Conclusions 6. Conclusions: A Dutch Republic of Patents Patents and the production of knowledge Republican patents The aftereffects Bibliography Index
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Brill Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change
Book SynopsisAnimal experimentation has been one of the most controversial areas of animal use, mainly due to the intentional harms inflicted upon animals for the sake of hoped-for benefits in humans. Despite this rationale for continued animal experimentation, shortcomings of this practice have become increasingly more apparent and well-documented. However, these limitations are not yet widely known or appreciated, and there is a danger that they may simply be ignored. The 51 experts who have contributed to Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change critically review current animal use in science, present new and innovative non-animal approaches to address urgent scientific questions, and offer a roadmap towards an animal-free world of science.Table of ContentsForeword Peter Singer Preface Kathrin Herrmann and Kimberley Jayne Acknowledgement Notes on Contributors Introduction Kathrin Herrmann and Kimberley Jayne Part 1: Why and How to Shift the Paradigm 1 Refinement on the Way Towards Replacement: Are We Doing What We Can? Kathrin Herrmann 2 How to Evaluate the Science of Non-human Animal Use in Biomedical Research and Testing: A Proposed Format for Debate Ray Greek and Lisa A. Kramer 3 How Can the Final Goal of Completely Replacing Animal Procedures Successfully be Achieved? Christiane Baumgartl-Simons and Christiane Hohensee 4 Disease Prevention with a Plant-based Lifestyle Sabina Vyas Part 2: Politics and Legislation of Animal Experimentation 5 Political Campaigning: Where Scientific and Ethical Arguments Meet Public Policy Emily McIvor 6 Rethinking the 3Rs: From Whitewashing to Rights Charlotte E. Blattner 7 Contesting Animal Experiments through Ethics and Epistemology: In Defense of a Political Critique of Animal Experimentation Arianna Ferrari Part 3: Openness in Animal Experimentation 8 The Moral Status of Animal Research Subjects in Industry: A Stakeholder Analysis Sarah Kenehan 9 Increasing the Transparency of Animal Experimentation: An Australian Perspective Monika Merkes and Rob Buttrose 10 Wasted Money in United States Biomedical and Agricultural Animal Research Jim Keen Part 4: The Ethics and Philosophy of Animal Experimentation 11 Ethics, Efficacy, and Decision-making in Animal Research Lawrence A. Hansen and Kori Ann Kosberg 12 Beyond Plausibility Checks: A Case for Moral Doubt in Review Processes of Animal Experimentation Mara-Daria Cojocaru and Philipp von Gall 13 Human Wrongs in Animal Research: A Focus on Moral Injury and Reification Jane Johnson and Anna Smajdor Part 5: Effectiveness of the Animal Model 14 Critically Evaluating Animal Research Andrew Knight 15 Extrapolation of Animal Research Data to Humans: An Analysis of the Evidence Rebecca Ram 16 Is Animal-based Biomedical Research being Used in Its Original Context? Constança Carvalho, Daniel Alves, Andrew Knight and Luis Vicente 17 The Scientific Problems with Using Non-human Animals to Predict Human Response to Drugs and Disease Ray Greek and Lisa A. Kramer 18 Replacing Animal Tests to Improve Safety for Humans Kathy Archibald, Robert Coleman and Tamara Drake 19 Genetic Modification of Animals: Scientific and Ethical Issues Jarrod Bailey 20 Animal Research for Alzheimer Disease: Failures of Science and Ethics John J. Pippin, Sarah E. Cavanaugh and Francesca Pistollato 21 Behavioral Research on Captive Animals: Scientific and Ethical Concerns Kimberley Jayne and Adam See Part 6: Animal-free Education and Training 22 Modernizing Biomedical Training: Replacing Live Animal Laboratories with Human Simulation John Pawlowski, David Feinstein, Marie L. Crandall and Shalin Gala 23 Humane Education: The Tool for Scientific Revolution in Brazil Vanessa Carli Bones, Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia, Gutemberg Gomes Alves, Rita Leal Paixão, Alexandro Aluísio Rocha, Karynn Capilé and Róber Bachinski Part 7: The Paradigm Shift: Advanced Animal-free Approaches 24 Recent Developments in Alternatives to Animal Testing Katy Taylor 25 The Changing Paradigm in Preclinical Toxicology: in vitro and in silico Methods in Liver Toxicity Evaluations Fozia Noor 26 The Potential of Organ on Chip Technology for Replacing Animal Testing Malcolm Wilkinson 27 When is an Alternative Not an Alternative? Supporting Progress for Absolute Replacement of Animals in Science Craig Redmond 28 Research and Testing Without Animals: Where are We Now and Where are We Heading? Thomas Hartung Afterword: Evidence Over Interests John P. Gluck Index
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Brill Technology, Violence, and War: Essays in Honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare. Dr. Guilmartin’s former students explore how technology from the medieval to the modern era, and across several continents, was integral to warfare and to the outcomes of wars. Authors discuss the interactions between politics, grand strategy, war, technology, and the socio-cultural implementation of new technologies in different contexts. They explore how and why belligerents chose to employ new technologies, the intended and unintended consequences of doing so, the feedback loops driving these consequences, and how the warring powers came to grips with the new technologies they unleashed. This work is particularly useful for military historians, military professionals, and policymakers who study and face analogous situations. Contributors are Alan Beyerchen, Robert H. Clemm, Edward Coss, Sebastian Cox, Daniel P. M. Curzon, Sarah K. Douglas, Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Andrew de la Garza, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Matthew Hurley, Peter Mansoor, Edward B. McCaul, Jr., Michael Pavelec, William Roberts, Robyn Rodriguez, Clifford J. Rogers, William Waddell, and Corbin Williamson.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations, Tables and Maps Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Technology and Strategy: What Are the Limits? John F. Guilmartin Jr. Part 1: The Pre-World World, 1300–1800 2 Gunpowder Artillery in Europe, 1326–1500: Innovation and Impact Clifford J. Rogers 3 To the Seas: The Genesis of Ship Rigging in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds Sarah K. Douglas 4 The Lost World: Change and Continuity in Mughal Military Technology Andrew de la Garza Part 2: 19th Century Warfare 5 If You Can Be Seen, You Can Be Killed: The Technological Increase in Killing Zone during the American Civil War Edward B. McCaul, Jr. 6 Without Experience or Precedent: Transformational Technology and the Light Draft Monitors William Roberts 7 The Uganda Railway and the Fabrication of Kenya Robert H. Clemm Part 3: The World Wars 8 German Technology and the Origins of World War ii in East Asia Robyn Rodriguez 9 Freeman’s Folly: The Debate over the Development of the “Unarmed Bomber” and the Genesis of the de Havilland Mosquito, 1935–1940 Sebastian Cox 10 The Impact of Institutional Context: Anglo-American Naval Fire Control Corbin Williamson 11 Strategy, Technology, and Timing: Aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the Turning of the Tide in the European Theater Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. Part 4: War Since 1945 12 The War Is Lost: Technological Surprise and the Collapse of Portugal’s Colonial Airpower Strategy, Guinea 1963–1974 Matthew M. Hurley 13 The Vicissitudes of Violence: Fear, Physiology, and Behavior under Fire Ed Coss 14 Des Fusils Aux Idée: Technological Skepticism and Masculinity in the French Army, 1954–1962 William Waddell 15 Cyber: War? Michael Pavelec 16 The Precision-Information Revolution in Military Affairs and The Limits of Technology Peter R. Mansoor Epilogue: Reflections On A Warrior and Scholar Alan Beyerchen Bibliography Index
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Brill Challenging Future Practice Possibilities
Book Synopsis“What might the futures of practice be like?” is far from a straightforward question. Emphasising "the" before the word future, implies one future. But futures thinkers have identified a range of futures that people think about. In this book we reflect on possible, probable, and preferable futures in relation to practice and work. Readers are invited to consider how their own engagement in shaping possible futures will support ways of working that they deem preferable, even those they can hardly imagine. Challenging Future Practice Possibilities also examines influences that are maintaining the status quo and others that are pushing interest-driven change. Authors consider the major challenges that practice and practitioners face today such as wicked problems, fears for the future and complex demands and opportunities posed by the digital revolution. A number of examples of future-oriented work directions such as protean careers and artificial intelligence enhancing or even replacing human workforces, are considered along with concerns like the vulnerability of many work situations and workers. In some cases workers and employers alike are unprepared for these challenges, while others see adapting to these situations as yet another pathway of practice futures evolution.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part 1: Grappling with Practice Futures 1 Exploring Practice in Context Joy Higgs 2 Thinking the Unthinkable: Challenges of Imagining and Engaging with Unimaginable Practice Futures Steven Cork and Debbie Horsfall 3 Plausible Practice Futures Steven Cork and Kristin Alford 4 The Impact of Practice on Wicked Problems and Unpredictable Futures Peter Goodyear and Lina Markauskaite 5 The Changing Face of Work: Considering Business Models and the Employment Market Paul Whybrow and Asheley Jones Part 2: Practice and the Common Good 6 Re-claiming Social Purpose and Adding Values to the World around Us Debbie Horsfall and Joy Higgs 7 Our Place in Society and the Environment: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Professional Practice Futures Steven Cork 8 Practice Futures for Indigenous Agency: Our Gaps, Our Leaps Sandy O’Sullivan 9 Changing Work Realities: Creating Socially and Environmentally Responsible Workplaces Rosemary Leonard and Margot Cairnes 10 Towards Future Practice in Socio-political Contexts Megan Conway and Joy Higgs Part 3: Pursuing Practice Futures 11 The Place of Agency and Related Capacities in Future Practices Franziska Trede and Joy Higgs 12 Employability and Career Development Learning through Social Media: Exploring the Potential of LinkedIn Ruth Bridgstock 13 Re-imagining Practice Structures and Pathways: Starting to Realise Tomorrow’s Practices Today Joy Higgs and Daniel Radovich 14 Freelancing, Entrepreneurship and Inherent Career Risk: An Exploration in the Creative Industries Noel Maloney 15 Young People’s Hopes and Fears for the Future Steven Cork and Jennifer Malbon 16 Facing Recruitment Challenges: Entering Workplace Practices James Cloutman and Graham Jenkins 17 PhDs and Future Practice Bernadine Van Gramberg 18 Educational Innovations: Preparing for Future Work Asheley Jones 19 Otherness in Practice (in the Health Professions) Janice Orrell and Julie Ash 20 Workplace Innovations and Practice Futures Thomas Carey, Farhad Dastur and Iryna Karaush Part 4: Reflections 21 Reflections about Work: What Might Be My Future Practice Roles? Joy Higgs Notes on Contributors
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Brill Challenging Future Practice Possibilities
Book Synopsis“What might the futures of practice be like?” is far from a straightforward question. Emphasising "the" before the word future, implies one future. But futures thinkers have identified a range of futures that people think about. In this book we reflect on possible, probable, and preferable futures in relation to practice and work. Readers are invited to consider how their own engagement in shaping possible futures will support ways of working that they deem preferable, even those they can hardly imagine. Challenging Future Practice Possibilities also examines influences that are maintaining the status quo and others that are pushing interest-driven change. Authors consider the major challenges that practice and practitioners face today such as wicked problems, fears for the future and complex demands and opportunities posed by the digital revolution. A number of examples of future-oriented work directions such as protean careers and artificial intelligence enhancing or even replacing human workforces, are considered along with concerns like the vulnerability of many work situations and workers. In some cases workers and employers alike are unprepared for these challenges, while others see adapting to these situations as yet another pathway of practice futures evolution.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Part 1: Grappling with Practice Futures 1 Exploring Practice in Context Joy Higgs 2 Thinking the Unthinkable: Challenges of Imagining and Engaging with Unimaginable Practice Futures Steven Cork and Debbie Horsfall 3 Plausible Practice Futures Steven Cork and Kristin Alford 4 The Impact of Practice on Wicked Problems and Unpredictable Futures Peter Goodyear and Lina Markauskaite 5 The Changing Face of Work: Considering Business Models and the Employment Market Paul Whybrow and Asheley Jones Part 2: Practice and the Common Good 6 Re-claiming Social Purpose and Adding Values to the World around Us Debbie Horsfall and Joy Higgs 7 Our Place in Society and the Environment: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Professional Practice Futures Steven Cork 8 Practice Futures for Indigenous Agency: Our Gaps, Our Leaps Sandy O’Sullivan 9 Changing Work Realities: Creating Socially and Environmentally Responsible Workplaces Rosemary Leonard and Margot Cairnes 10 Towards Future Practice in Socio-political Contexts Megan Conway and Joy Higgs Part 3: Pursuing Practice Futures 11 The Place of Agency and Related Capacities in Future Practices Franziska Trede and Joy Higgs 12 Employability and Career Development Learning through Social Media: Exploring the Potential of LinkedIn Ruth Bridgstock 13 Re-imagining Practice Structures and Pathways: Starting to Realise Tomorrow’s Practices Today Joy Higgs and Daniel Radovich 14 Freelancing, Entrepreneurship and Inherent Career Risk: An Exploration in the Creative Industries Noel Maloney 15 Young People’s Hopes and Fears for the Future Steven Cork and Jennifer Malbon 16 Facing Recruitment Challenges: Entering Workplace Practices James Cloutman and Graham Jenkins 17 PhDs and Future Practice Bernadine Van Gramberg 18 Educational Innovations: Preparing for Future Work Asheley Jones 19 Otherness in Practice (in the Health Professions) Janice Orrell and Julie Ash 20 Workplace Innovations and Practice Futures Thomas Carey, Farhad Dastur and Iryna Karaush Part 4: Reflections 21 Reflections about Work: What Might Be My Future Practice Roles? Joy Higgs Notes on Contributors
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Brill Smart Technologies and Fundamental Rights
Book SynopsisSmart Technologies and Fundamental Rights covers a broad range of vital topics that highlight the ethical, socio-political, and legal challenges as well as technical issues of Artificial Intelligence with respect to fundamental rights. Either humanity will greatly profit from the use of AI in almost all domains in human life, which may eventually lead to a much better and more humane society, or it could be the case that people may misuse AI for idiosyncratic purposes and intelligent machines may turn against human beings. Therefore, we should be extremely cautious with respect to the technological development of AI because we might not be able to control the machines once they reached a certain level of sophistication.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tablesvii Acknowledgementsviii Biographial Notesix Introduction Kestutis Mosakas and John-Stewart Gordon Part 1: Ethical Challenges of Smart Technologies 1 What Do We Owe to Intelligent Robots? John-Stewart Gordon 2 Robot Rights – Thinking the Unthinkable David J. Gunkel 3 Machine Moral Standing: in Defence of the Standard Properties-based View Kestutis Mosakas 4 Ascribing Rights to Robots as Potential Moral Patients Janina Loh 5 Fundamental Rights and Smart Health Technologies Adam Poulsen and Anwaar Ulhaq Part 2: Socio-political Challenges of Smart Technologies 6 Rules for Regulators Jonathan Wolff 7 Free Speech, Public Shaming, and the Role of Social Media Carl Fox 8 Smart Technologies and Fundamental Rights: global Governance of AI: pressure on Political Legitimacy Stephen Rainey and Aníbal Monasterio Astobiza Part 3: AI and Law 9 The Rule of Law and the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights in an Era of Automation Tanel Kerikmäe and Katrin Nyman Metcalf 10 AI in the Context of Prevailing Privacy Concepts: in Search of a New Approach Julija Kiršienė and Vygantas Malinauskas 11 Artificial Intelligence as a Subject of Criminal Law: a Corporate Liability Model Perspective Edita Gruodytė and Paulius Čerka Part 4: AI and Information Technologies 12 Responsibility by Design?! – On the Standardisation of “Smart” Systems Kai Jakobs 13 The Shift from Traditional Computing Systems to Artificial intelligence and the Implications for Bias Vladislav V. Fomin 14 Machine Bias and Fundamental Rights Darius Amilevičius Index
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Brill Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics
Book SynopsisTranslating Technology in Africa brings together authors from different disciplines who engage with Science and Technology Studies (STS) to stimulate curiosity about the diversity of sociotechnical assemblages on the African continent. The contributions provide detailed praxeographic examinations of technologies at work in postcolonial contexts. The series of 5 volumes aims to catalyse the development of a field of research that is still in its infancy in Africa and promises to offer novel insights into past, present, and future challenges and opportunities facing the continent. The first volume, on "Metrics", explores practices of quantification and digitisation. The chapters examine how numbers are aggregated and how the resulting metrics shape new realities. Contributors include Kevin. P. Donovan, Véra Ehrenstein, Jonathan Klaaren, Emma Park, Helen Robertson, René Umlauf and Helen Verran
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Brill Future Law, Ethics, and Smart Technologies: The Future of Legal Education
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary textbook serves as a solid introduction to the future of legal education against the background of the widespread use of AI written by colleagues from different disciplines, e.g. law, philosophy/ethics, economy, and computer science, whose common interest concerns AI and its impact on legal and ethical issues. The book provides, first, a general overview of the effects of AI on major disciplines such as ethics, law, economy, political science, and healthcare. Secondly, it offers a comprehensive analysis of major key issues concerning law: (a) AI decision-making, (b) rights, status, and responsibility, (c) regulation and standardisation, and (d) education.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 General Introduction John-Stewart Gordon Part 1 The Impact of ai on Major Disciplines Introduction to Part 1 2 Ethics John-Stewart Gordon and Kęstutis Mosakas 3 Transformative Smart Technologies: Mapping Challenges of Private Law Julija Kiršienė, Edita Gruodytė and Deividas Kiršys 4 The Economy Paulius Čerka 5 Political Science: ai Governance Karolis Kubilevičius and Tomas Berkmanas 6 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Giedrė Kvedaravičienė, Adam Poulsen and Milda Žaliauskaitė Part 2 Major Key Issues: ai Decision Making Introduction to Part 2 7 Machine Bias Vladislav V. Fomin 8 Ethical Programming and Machine Moral Agency Kęstutis Mosakas 9 The Black Box Problem Vladislav V. Fomin and Paulius Astromskis 10 Singularity and Control Vladislav V. Fomin and Kęstutis Mosakas Part 3 Major Key Issues: Rights, Status, and Responsibility Introduction to Part 3 11 Electronic Personhood Julija Kiršienė, Edita Gruodytė and Darius Amilevičius 12 Moral and Legal Status of Robots John-Stewart Gordon and Kęstutis Mosakas 13 Rights for Robots Kęstutis Mosakas 14 ai and Moral and Legal Responsibility Julija Kiršienė, Edita Gruodytė and Kęstutis Mosakas 15 Ethical and Legal Issues Related to Autonomous Vehicles Sven Nyholm Part 4 Major Key Issues: Regulation and Standardization Introduction to Part 4 16 Legal Regulation of Autonomous Machines Paulius Astromskis 17 Limits of Legal Automation Darius Amilevičius 18 Responsible Standardization Vladislav V. Fomin Part 5 Education Introduction to Part 5 19 The Right to Education Aušrinė Pasvenskienė and Paulius Astromskis 20 Educational Technologies Aušrinė Pasvenskienė and Paulius Astromskis Part 6 Appendices Appendix 1 Guidelines for Regulation of Information Technologies Vladislav V. Fomin and Darius Amilevičius Appendix 2 Guidelines for Regulation of Robotics John-Stewart Gordon and Kęstutis Mosakas Appendix 3 Guidelines for Improvement of Lawyers’ Qualifications Julija Kiršienė, Edita Gruodytė, Aušrinė Pasvenskienė and Paulius Astromskis Index
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Brill Reconstructing Feminism through Cyberfeminism
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how digitalization has affected entrepreneurship, labour markets, financial markets, and women's empowerment, underlining the opportunity it presents for a more inclusive and equal society. It explores how technology changes and creates gender, and the transformational potential it has for questioning conventional concepts of gender, drawing on the theories and critiques of cyberfeminism. The contributors discuss how women's agency and power in establishing emancipated cyberspaces are critically impacted by cyberfeminist conceptions of technical growth. Therefore, the volume sheds light on how technology may be a tool for women's empowerment and emancipation as well as how it might sustain current power imbalances and gender inequities by exploring cyberfeminism. The nexus of gender and technology is explored in depth by examining the connections between gendered, classed, and digital activities. In addition, this book looks at how technology may either support current power relations or provide disadvantaged people with a chance to question and disrupt them. Contributors are: Yarkın Çelik, Gözde Ersöz, Oktay Hekimler, Meltem İnce Yenilmez, Ayşe Mine İşler, Eylül Kabakçi Günay, Gökmen Kantar, Miray Özden, Kürşad Özkaynar, Fatma Pelin Erel, Mehtap Polat, Sedat Polat, and Gamze Yıldız Şeren.
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Springer Einstein und Die Sowjetphilosophie: Krisis einer Lehre
Book SynopsisDieses Buch soll ein Bericht über den Prozess Einstein sein. Es enthält das Material über die Diskussion um die Relativitätstheorie in der UdSSR seit 1950. Von 1951 bis 1955 wurde Einstein durch die offizielle Parteiphilosophie der UdSSR in den Anklagezustand versetzt. Der Prozess gipfelte in der Aufforderung, die Relativitätstheorie zu verwerfen und durch eine materialistische 'Theorie schneller Bewegungen' zu ersetzen. Selbst der Name 'Relativitätstheorie' sollte aus den physikalischen Lehrbüchern verschwinden. Die Anklage wurde vertreten von der ideologischen Führungsschicht der gewaltigsten irdischen Macht unseres Zeitalters. Der Angeklagte, in der Reife seines Lebens vor die vehementesten Angriffe gestellt, kam nur durch sein Werk zu Wort. Dies genügte jedoch, dass sich unter den sowjetischen Physikern und Philosophen noch zur Zeit Stalins mannhafte Stimmen der Verteidigung fanden. 1955 wurde der Prozess mit der offiziellen Anerkennung der Relativitäts theorie durch die Parteiphilosophie abgeschlossen. Es war ein Sieg der Wahrheit über die Gewalt. Die Folgen mussten das Ansehen der kommunistischen Ideologie erschüttern. Es hatte sich herausgestellt, dass zwischen der angeblich einzig wissenschaftlichen Philosophie und der exaktesten Naturwissen schaft, der Physik, ein Abgrund klafft, den zu überbrücken die Sowjet philosophie bis heute bemüht ist. Andererseits begannen die sowjetischen Physiker, wachgerufen durch die Appelle der Philosophen, ihr eigenes Weltbild mit adäquaten Methoden zu durchdenken. Diese ganze Ent wicklung ist von hohem Wert für eine Diagnose der geistigen Struktur der Sowjetgesellschaft.Table of ContentsErster Abschnitt: Die Grundlagen.- I: Thesen Des Diamat.- 1. Allgemeine Haltung.- 2. Abgrenzung gegen den vormarxistischen Materialismus.- 3. Monismus.- 4. Die Definition der Materie.- 5. Die Attribute der Materie.- 6. Die Bewegung.- 7. Die Determiniertheit des Geschehens.- 8. Erkenntnistheoretische Thesen.- II: Definitionen und Satze Der Relativitats-Theorie.- 1. Die spezielle Relativitätstheorie.- 2. Die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie.- III: Grundriss Der Auseinandersetzung.- 1. Vorgebliche Einheit von Diamat und Wissenschaft.- 2. Die ideologische Missdeutung.- 3. Die Situation der sowjetischen Philosophic der Physik.- 4. Phasen der Auseinandersetzung.- 5. Reaktionsformen und-gruppen.- IV: Relativitatstheorie und Erkenntnis.- 1. Einleitende Bemerkungen.- A. Der Zusammenhang zwischen Physik und Philosophic.- B. Die Philosophic Einsteins in sowjetischer Sicht.- 2. Die Anklage.- A. Zum Motiv einer physikalischen Theorie.- B. Zum Ursprung einer physikalischen Theorie.- a. Die Erstgegebenheit des physikalischen Erkennens.- b. Physikalische Begriffe und Theorien.- c. Die Logik.- d. Die Intuition.- e. Mathematische Begriffe und Sätze.- C. Zum Verfahren der Relativitätstheorie.- a. Empirische Falsifikation der Begriffe und Aussagen.- b. Die Messung als Voraussetzung von Definitionen.- c. Die Deduktion aus Prinzipien.- d. Die mathematische Formalisierung.- D. Zum Erkenntniswert.- a. Grundsätzliches.- b. Wahrnehmungen.- c. Begriffe.- d. Theorien.- E. Das Erkenntniskriterium.- a. Empirische Verifikation.- b. Kovarianz.- c. Denkökonomie.- d. Ausschaltung sinnleerer Aussagen und Begriffe.- F. Die Leugnung der Theorie.- 3. Die Verteidigung.- A. Allgemeine Haltung.- B. Einzelprobleme.- 4. Diskussion der sowjetischen Thesen.- A. Die Erkenntnisprinzipien Einsteins.- B. Wertung der Haltung Einsteins.- C. Das Verfahren der Relativitatstheorie und die Erkenntnistheorie des Diamat.- Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Spezielle Relativitätstheorie.- I: Die Physikalischen Prinzipien Der Speziellen Relativitätstheorie.- 1. Problemstellung.- 2. Die Grundprinzipien.- 3. Das Bezugssystem.- A. Berechtigung.- B. Definition.- 4. Die Absolutheit der Bezugssysteme.- 5. Die Absolutheit der Bewegung.- 6. Die Absolutheit von Raum und Zeit.- 7. Diskussion der sowjetischen Thesen.- A. Das Phänomen.- B. Physikalische Irrtümer.- C. Inertialzustand.- D. Kinematik oder Dynamik?.- E. Das Relativitütsproblem.- F. Bezugssystem.- G. Raum und Zeit.- II: Die Relativitüt Der ‘Eigenschaften’.- 1. Problemstellung.- 2. Grundsützliche sowjetische Thesen.- 3. Die Leugnung der Effekte.- 4. Die Einwertigkeit der ‘Eigenschaften’.- 5. Die Diskussion in Kiev.- 6. Die Erhellung.- 7. Die Anerkennung der Relativitütstheorie.- 8. Diskussion der sowjetischen Thesen.- A. Das Phünomen.- B. Die philosophische Problematik.- III: Masse und Energie.- 1. Zum Begriff der Materie im Diamat.- 2. Der physikalische Sachverhalt.- A. Zerstrahlung und Paarerzeugung.- B. Massendefekt.- 3. Die Anklage.- 4. Die Diskussionsgruppen.- 5. Die Diskussion am Institut für Philosophie in Moskau.- 6. Philosophische Einbauversuche.- 7. Die Deutung der Physiker.- 8. Diskussion der sowjetischen Thesen.- A. Das Phünomen.- B. Einzelprobleme.- Literaturverweisungen.- Quellen.- Personenverzeichnis.- Sachverzeichis.
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