Hans Radder
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 206417 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Hans Radder |
| PRENOMES | Hans |
| SOBRENOME | Radder |
| ASSINATURA | RADDER H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9007-8650 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 75 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
From Commodification to the Common Good
From Commodification to the Common Good: Reconstructing Science, Technology, and Society
Empiricism Must, but Cannot, Presuppose Real Causation
In this article, I put forward a basic philosophical claim: empirical scientific knowledge, that is, knowledge generated in experimental and observational practices, presupposes real causation. My discussion exploits two core notions from the philosophical analysis of scientific experimentation and observation: the aim of realizing object-apparatus correlations and the required control of the relevant interactions between environment and experime…
From Commodification to the Common Good
The Academic Manifesto
Universities are occupied by management, a regime obsessed with 'accountability' through measurement, increased competition, efficiency, 'excellence', and misconceived economic salvation. Given the occupation's absurd side-effects, we ask ourselves how management has succeeded in taking over our precious universities. An alternative vision for the academic future consists of a public university, more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons t…
Does the brain “initiate” freely willed processes? A philosophy of science critique of Libet-type experiments and their interpretation
In the extensive, recent debates on free will, the pioneering experiments by Benjamin Libet continue to play a significant role. It is often claimed that these experiments demonstrate the illusory nature of freely willed actions. In this article, we provide a detailed analysis and evaluation of Libet’s experiments from a philosophy of science perspective. Our analysis focuses on Libet’s central notion of the “initiation” of freely willed processe…
Exploring Philosophical Issues in the Patenting of Scientific and Technological Inventions
The World Observed/The World Conceived
"Observation and conceptual interpretation constitute two major ways through which human beings engage the world. The World Observed/The World Conceived presents an innovative analysis of the nature and role of observation and conceptualization. While these two actions are often treated as separate, Hans Radder shows that they are inherently interconnected - that materially realized observational processes are always conceptually interpreted, and…
Exploiting Abstract Possibilities
Psychology, Physicalism and Real Physics
Physicalism claims that the ontology of the world coincides with the ontology of physics. My paper offers a discussion and assessment of this claim. First, I explain why physicalism implies a straightforward ontological reductionism; hence, on an ontological reading, `non-reductive physicalism' is a contradiction in terms. Second, I argue that, without further specification, the content of `the ontology of physics' is completely undefined. Since …
Second Thoughts on the Politics of STS
This brief Response to the Replies by Vicky Singleton and Brian Wynne enables me to take a second look at the issue of the politics of STS. I will base what I have to say on the original papers and my Response to them, take account of the Replies by Singleton and Wynne, and summarize my main conclusions from the exchange. The two Replies to my original Response to the Special Issue of Social Studies of Science on 'The Politics of SSK' carry on th…
The Politics of STS
With its May 1996 Special Issue on 'The Politics of SSK',' Social Studies of Science makes a welcome contribution to debates on the political significance of science and technology in modern society. At the same time, it offers a number of illuminating reflections on the political roles that science and technology studies do, might or should play in these debates. Apparently, the topic of 'neutrality versus commitment' within the sociology of sci…
In and about the World
Reviewed by: In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science and Technology * Edward W. Constant II (bio) In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science and Technology. By Hans Radder. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1996. Pp. x+225; notes, bibliography, index. $21.95. Most of the essays in this book have been published previously. While they are ostensibly thematically connected, the whole lacks the cogency o…
Philosophy and history of science
Science, realization and reality
Normative Reflexions on Constructivist Approaches to Science and Technology
Systematic and fundamental thinking on normative, or normatively relevant, questions is virtually absent in the highly influential constructivist studies of science and technology. This paper is an attempt at changing this situation. After reviewing and assessing the role of normativity and reflexivity, in so far as it has been acknowledged within constructivism, a number of `normative reflexions' are presented. Three general approaches—social co…
Heuristics and the Generalized Correspondence Principle
Several philosophers of science have claimed that the correspondence principle can be generalized from quantum physics to all of (particularly physical) science and that in fact it constitutes one of the major heuristical rules for the construction of new theories. In order to evaluate these claims, first the use of the correspondence principle in (the genesis of) quantum mechanics will be examined in detail. It is concluded from this and from ot…
H. A. Kramers
Governing Science and Technology in a Democracy
Experiment, Technology and the Intrinsic Connection Between Knowledge and Power
The paper starts with an analysis of similarities and differences between experimentation and technological production. It is argued that both imply an active intervention in nature and society, but that the cognitive and social aspects of experiment and technology may display considerable differences. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by means of examples taken, in particular, from the technology of nuclear energy production. Next, it is s…
Kramers and the Forman Theses
The Academic Manifesto
Universities are occupied by management, a regime obsessed with 'accountability' through measurement, increased competition, efficiency, 'excellence', and misconceived economic salvation. Given the occupation's absurd side-effects, we ask ourselves how management has succeeded in taking over our precious universities. An alternative vision for the academic future consists of a public university, more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons t…
Normative Reflexions on Constructivist Approaches to Science and Technology
Systematic and fundamental thinking on normative, or normatively relevant, questions is virtually absent in the highly influential constructivist studies of science and technology. This paper is an attempt at changing this situation. After reviewing and assessing the role of normativity and reflexivity, in so far as it has been acknowledged within constructivism, a number of `normative reflexions' are presented. Three general approaches—social co…
Heuristics and the Generalized Correspondence Principle
Several philosophers of science have claimed that the correspondence principle can be generalized from quantum physics to all of (particularly physical) science and that in fact it constitutes one of the major heuristical rules for the construction of new theories. In order to evaluate these claims, first the use of the correspondence principle in (the genesis of) quantum mechanics will be examined in detail. It is concluded from this and from ot…
The Politics of STS
With its May 1996 Special Issue on 'The Politics of SSK',' Social Studies of Science makes a welcome contribution to debates on the political significance of science and technology in modern society. At the same time, it offers a number of illuminating reflections on the political roles that science and technology studies do, might or should play in these debates. Apparently, the topic of 'neutrality versus commitment' within the sociology of sci…
Experiment, Technology and the Intrinsic Connection Between Knowledge and Power
The paper starts with an analysis of similarities and differences between experimentation and technological production. It is argued that both imply an active intervention in nature and society, but that the cognitive and social aspects of experiment and technology may display considerable differences. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by means of examples taken, in particular, from the technology of nuclear energy production. Next, it is s…
Governing Science and Technology in a Democracy
Exploiting Abstract Possibilities
Second Thoughts on the Politics of STS
This brief Response to the Replies by Vicky Singleton and Brian Wynne enables me to take a second look at the issue of the politics of STS. I will base what I have to say on the original papers and my Response to them, take account of the Replies by Singleton and Wynne, and summarize my main conclusions from the exchange. The two Replies to my original Response to the Special Issue of Social Studies of Science on 'The Politics of SSK' carry on th…
Philosophy and history of science
Science, realization and reality
Kramers and the Forman Theses
Kramers and the Forman Theses
Experiment, Technology and the Intrinsic Connection Between Knowledge and Power
The paper starts with an analysis of similarities and differences between experimentation and technological production. It is argued that both imply an active intervention in nature and society, but that the cognitive and social aspects of experiment and technology may display considerable differences. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by means of examples taken, in particular, from the technology of nuclear energy production. Next, it is s…
Governing Science and Technology in a Democracy
H. A. Kramers
Heuristics and the Generalized Correspondence Principle
Several philosophers of science have claimed that the correspondence principle can be generalized from quantum physics to all of (particularly physical) science and that in fact it constitutes one of the major heuristical rules for the construction of new theories. In order to evaluate these claims, first the use of the correspondence principle in (the genesis of) quantum mechanics will be examined in detail. It is concluded from this and from ot…
Normative Reflexions on Constructivist Approaches to Science and Technology
Systematic and fundamental thinking on normative, or normatively relevant, questions is virtually absent in the highly influential constructivist studies of science and technology. This paper is an attempt at changing this situation. After reviewing and assessing the role of normativity and reflexivity, in so far as it has been acknowledged within constructivism, a number of `normative reflexions' are presented. Three general approaches—social co…
Science, realization and reality
Philosophy and history of science
Second Thoughts on the Politics of STS
This brief Response to the Replies by Vicky Singleton and Brian Wynne enables me to take a second look at the issue of the politics of STS. I will base what I have to say on the original papers and my Response to them, take account of the Replies by Singleton and Wynne, and summarize my main conclusions from the exchange. The two Replies to my original Response to the Special Issue of Social Studies of Science on 'The Politics of SSK' carry on th…
The Politics of STS
With its May 1996 Special Issue on 'The Politics of SSK',' Social Studies of Science makes a welcome contribution to debates on the political significance of science and technology in modern society. At the same time, it offers a number of illuminating reflections on the political roles that science and technology studies do, might or should play in these debates. Apparently, the topic of 'neutrality versus commitment' within the sociology of sci…
In and about the World
Reviewed by: In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science and Technology * Edward W. Constant II (bio) In and About the World: Philosophical Studies of Science and Technology. By Hans Radder. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1996. Pp. x+225; notes, bibliography, index. $21.95. Most of the essays in this book have been published previously. While they are ostensibly thematically connected, the whole lacks the cogency o…
Psychology, Physicalism and Real Physics
Physicalism claims that the ontology of the world coincides with the ontology of physics. My paper offers a discussion and assessment of this claim. First, I explain why physicalism implies a straightforward ontological reductionism; hence, on an ontological reading, `non-reductive physicalism' is a contradiction in terms. Second, I argue that, without further specification, the content of `the ontology of physics' is completely undefined. Since …
Exploiting Abstract Possibilities
The World Observed/The World Conceived
"Observation and conceptual interpretation constitute two major ways through which human beings engage the world. The World Observed/The World Conceived presents an innovative analysis of the nature and role of observation and conceptualization. While these two actions are often treated as separate, Hans Radder shows that they are inherently interconnected - that materially realized observational processes are always conceptually interpreted, and…
Does the brain “initiate” freely willed processes? A philosophy of science critique of Libet-type experiments and their interpretation
In the extensive, recent debates on free will, the pioneering experiments by Benjamin Libet continue to play a significant role. It is often claimed that these experiments demonstrate the illusory nature of freely willed actions. In this article, we provide a detailed analysis and evaluation of Libet’s experiments from a philosophy of science perspective. Our analysis focuses on Libet’s central notion of the “initiation” of freely willed processe…
Exploring Philosophical Issues in the Patenting of Scientific and Technological Inventions
The Academic Manifesto
Universities are occupied by management, a regime obsessed with 'accountability' through measurement, increased competition, efficiency, 'excellence', and misconceived economic salvation. Given the occupation's absurd side-effects, we ask ourselves how management has succeeded in taking over our precious universities. An alternative vision for the academic future consists of a public university, more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons t…
From Commodification to the Common Good
Empiricism Must, but Cannot, Presuppose Real Causation
In this article, I put forward a basic philosophical claim: empirical scientific knowledge, that is, knowledge generated in experimental and observational practices, presupposes real causation. My discussion exploits two core notions from the philosophical analysis of scientific experimentation and observation: the aim of realizing object-apparatus correlations and the required control of the relevant interactions between environment and experime…
From Commodification to the Common Good
From Commodification to the Common Good: Reconstructing Science, Technology, and Society
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