TY - BOOK ID - 77929184 TI - Through the mirrors of science : new challenges for knowledge-based societies PY - 2010 SN - 3110319632 9783110319637 9783110319217 3110319217 9783868380668 3868380663 PB - Frankfurt Ontos Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Science KW - Knowledge, Sociology of. KW - Knowledge management KW - Information society KW - Management of knowledge assets KW - Management KW - Information technology KW - Intellectual capital KW - Organizational learning KW - Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) KW - Sociology of knowledge KW - Communication KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Public opinion KW - Sociology KW - Social epistemology KW - Natural science KW - Natural sciences KW - Science of science KW - Sciences KW - Erudition KW - Scholarship KW - Civilization KW - Intellectual life KW - Education KW - Research KW - Scholars KW - Social aspects KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Philosophy of science KW - European Union UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77929184 AB - 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. ER -