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Epistemology: knowledge of and for technology assessment

In: Handbook of Technology Assessment

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  • Stefan Böschen
  • Gabriele Gramelsberger
  • Jan Cornelius Schmidt

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Technology Assessment (TA) has been from the beginning an endeavor in a hybrid arena between science and society. Against this background it develops as a research field which is problem-oriented, science-/academic-oriented and solution-/policy-advice-oriented. Thereby, epistemological questions have been pressing still from the beginning. However, facing present-day re-orderings of collective orders, three types of heterogeneity enforce the epistemological problems: (1) heterogeneity of problem-solving routines and methods, (2) heterogeneity of epistemic sources, and finally (3) heterogeneity of political will and obligation. To address these heterogeneities TA knowledge has to be reflected as social as well as political epistemology.

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  • Stefan Böschen & Gabriele Gramelsberger & Jan Cornelius Schmidt, 2024. "Epistemology: knowledge of and for technology assessment," Chapters, in: Armin Grunwald (ed.), Handbook of Technology Assessment, chapter 24, pages 239-248, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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