Andreas Losch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4490224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Losch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Losch |
| SIGNATURE | LOSCH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7847-4191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Viktor von Weizsäcker. Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde
Viktor von Weizsäcker. Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde: Grundfragen der Naturphilosophie
We are stardust
Humankind is stardust, born of the evolution of life on Earth as part of the evolution of the universe. He is called to particular responsibility for all living beings and of creation itself. The article discusses whether and how, in the perspective of a theological ecocentrism, the dignity and rights of non-human beings are to be anchored in order to live according to this responsibility. The aim is to develop an ethic of self-limitation that is…
Transformation through (re-)politicisation of socio-technical futures
The politicisation of the future is gaining attention, especially in research on the impact of emerging technologies on modern societies. This observation has motivated technology assessment (TA) and related research in science and technology studies (STS) to involve transformative practices in their examination of existing socio-technical futures in order to adapt them to societal needs. To this end, participation processes are initiated that ai…
Constructive-critical realism as a philosophy of science and religion
Although highly disputed, critical realism (in Ian G. Barbour’s style) is widely known as a tool to relate science and religion. Sympathising with an even more stringent hermeneutical approach, Andreas Losch had argued for a modification of critical realism into the so-called constructive-critical realism to give humanities with its constructive role of the subject due weight in any discussion on how to bridge the apparent gulf between the discip…
An artful contribution to our planetary concerns
Adam Pryor's fresh understanding of the imago Dei as a refraction of the Divine is much needed in an age of science and climate change. Well informed by astrobiological insights, his approach presents what I would call a deep reconceptualization of the imago Dei as a planetary phenomenon. The human planetary phenomenon, however, currently faces its own limitations. This is an ethical reality, which is touched upon by Pryor, but could have been ex…
Developing our Planetary Plan with an 18th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal
‘Planetary sustainability’, as developed in this article, is a transitory term, marking the conceptional change from perceiving the Earth as a globe to recognising it rather as a planet. Concerning space mining, this move might happen in our age. Given this fact, and the contemporary situation concerning space debris, ‘ethics of planetary sustainability’ as well as space environment ethics are needed. It would also make sense to add an 18th Susta…
La richesse de la réalité
Le « réalisme critique », dans ses nombreuses variantes, garde une place importante dans le débat scientifique et théologique d’aujourd’hui. Alors qu’il a été mis substantiellement en avant par Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne et Arthur Peacocke, une analyse de son origine et de son sens conduit à se demander si cette position proposée par les théologiens-scientifiques n’omet pas une caractéristique intrinsèque de la dimension personnelle de la réa…
Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present
Visions in assemblages
Appreciating Faith and Culture in an Age of Scientific Reasoning
Given its societal influence today, science is often thought to be more than just a technical approach to establish empirical observations that work. Although interpretations may vary, what generally is at stake since Galilei is the question of truth, of revealing the way the world we live in really is. Are science and theology hence dealing with the same question? Are they competing on the same territory or can they complement each other? The id…
What is Life? On Earth and Beyond
Approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging field of astrobiology, can provide fresh perspectives to the age-old question 'What is Life?'. Has the secret of life been unveiled and is it nothing more than physical chemistry? Modern philosophers will ask if we can even define life at all, as we still don't know much about its origins here on Earth. Others regard life as something that cannot simply be reduced to ju…
On the Relationship of Ian Barbour's and Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism
‘Critical realism’ is to some extent an equivocal term, although its ambiguity has rarely been noticed. The reason for this ambiguity is that the term has constantly been reinvented. Nevertheless, the identity of the label and many family resemblances between its uses allowed for a transfer of thought between these different, although similar concepts, bearing the same name. The purpose of this article is to highlight the similarities and differe…
Responsibilization through visions
Vision Assessments in technology assessment (TA) focus on how constructed futures (such as visions, scenarios and roadmaps) influence processes of innovation. To extend this perspective, we want to focus on the following question: What responsibilities do the practices of using such futures produce? Therefore, we offer a concept which analyzes visions as socio-epistemic practices in present re-arrangements of sociotechnical constellations which s…
How Smart Grid Meets In Vitro Meat
What Is Life? on Earth and Beyond
Markus Mühling. Resonances
Markus Mühling. Resonances: Neurobiology, Evolution, and Theology: Evolutionary Niche Construction, the Ecological Brain and Relational-narrative Theology
Transforming power/knowledge apparatuses
Politics and the dominant actors in the German energy system fear that the politically promised integration of renewable energies in the course of the Energy Transition will lead to losses of control due to increasing volatility, decentralization and heterogeneity of processes and actors. Yet, a novel form of control through the artificial intelligence of smart grids is envisioned that would tame the chaos in the system. To analyze the conditions…
Downward Causation – The Way How Mind and Matter Interact
The paper analyzes Karl Popper’s and John Eccles’ account of mind-matter interaction and compares their use of the concept of downward causation with other more recent accounts of it, especially those of Nancey Murphy and George Ellis. The argument includes John Polkinghorne’s take on Divine action, as it provides an interesting version of downward mind/matter-interaction. It will be argued that while downward causation is a speculative concept, …
Die diskursive Konstruktion einer Technowissenschaft
Technowissenschaften treten uns als „nahtlose Gewebe“ aus Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft entgegen. Das Buch macht die gleichzeitige Formierung von Technik und Gesellschaft durch Diskurse begreifbar. Am Fall der Nanotechnologie wird demonstriert, wie solche Gewebe analytisch ausgehend von Visionen, Zukunftsbildern, Risikoerwartungen und Prozessen der Governance durchdringbar sind.
Jenseits der Konflikte
Critical Realism—A Sustainable Bridge Between Science and Religion
Since Barbour's introduction of the term in 1966, “critical realism” bridges the gulf between science and religion. Yet, like the Golden Gate Bridge, this bridge must be supported by pillars to carry its weight. These pillars are the social and the human sciences, which are still designed too small within critical realism to make a really sustainable construct. Critical realism should be modified to “constructive-critical realism” to allow for mo…
On the Origins of Critical Realism
Critical realism has been used in connection with different epistemological positions. The article reviews its different uses in German, American, and British philosophy and examines its relation to Barbour's introduction of the term in the science and theology debate. The result is that there is a close connection to scientific realism, but not to philosophical critical realism in a narrower sense. Critical realism is a type of realism defining …
Soziologie-Doktorandinnen in einer »Zwischenlage«
Bereits im Vorfeld des Kongresses war uns, den Veranstaltern des Forums, eine offensichtliche Diskrepanz aufgefallen, welche für die Positionierung der Promovierenden auf dem Soziologie-Kongreß kennzeichnend sein sollte und für eine eigentümliche »Zwischenlage« der Promovierenden im Wissenschaftsbetrieb geradezu charakteristisch ist: Der Freiburger Soziologie-Kongreß — diesmal von den Dachverbänden der Soziologie in Deutschland, Österreich und de…
Visions in assemblages
Transforming power/knowledge apparatuses
Politics and the dominant actors in the German energy system fear that the politically promised integration of renewable energies in the course of the Energy Transition will lead to losses of control due to increasing volatility, decentralization and heterogeneity of processes and actors. Yet, a novel form of control through the artificial intelligence of smart grids is envisioned that would tame the chaos in the system. To analyze the conditions…
How Smart Grid Meets In Vitro Meat
Transformation through (re-)politicisation of socio-technical futures
The politicisation of the future is gaining attention, especially in research on the impact of emerging technologies on modern societies. This observation has motivated technology assessment (TA) and related research in science and technology studies (STS) to involve transformative practices in their examination of existing socio-technical futures in order to adapt them to societal needs. To this end, participation processes are initiated that ai…
Critical Realism—A Sustainable Bridge Between Science and Religion
Since Barbour's introduction of the term in 1966, “critical realism” bridges the gulf between science and religion. Yet, like the Golden Gate Bridge, this bridge must be supported by pillars to carry its weight. These pillars are the social and the human sciences, which are still designed too small within critical realism to make a really sustainable construct. Critical realism should be modified to “constructive-critical realism” to allow for mo…
Soziologie-Doktorandinnen in einer »Zwischenlage«
Bereits im Vorfeld des Kongresses war uns, den Veranstaltern des Forums, eine offensichtliche Diskrepanz aufgefallen, welche für die Positionierung der Promovierenden auf dem Soziologie-Kongreß kennzeichnend sein sollte und für eine eigentümliche »Zwischenlage« der Promovierenden im Wissenschaftsbetrieb geradezu charakteristisch ist: Der Freiburger Soziologie-Kongreß — diesmal von den Dachverbänden der Soziologie in Deutschland, Österreich und de…
On the Origins of Critical Realism
Critical realism has been used in connection with different epistemological positions. The article reviews its different uses in German, American, and British philosophy and examines its relation to Barbour's introduction of the term in the science and theology debate. The result is that there is a close connection to scientific realism, but not to philosophical critical realism in a narrower sense. Critical realism is a type of realism defining …
Critical Realism—A Sustainable Bridge Between Science and Religion
Since Barbour's introduction of the term in 1966, “critical realism” bridges the gulf between science and religion. Yet, like the Golden Gate Bridge, this bridge must be supported by pillars to carry its weight. These pillars are the social and the human sciences, which are still designed too small within critical realism to make a really sustainable construct. Critical realism should be modified to “constructive-critical realism” to allow for mo…
Jenseits der Konflikte
Die diskursive Konstruktion einer Technowissenschaft
Technowissenschaften treten uns als „nahtlose Gewebe“ aus Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft entgegen. Das Buch macht die gleichzeitige Formierung von Technik und Gesellschaft durch Diskurse begreifbar. Am Fall der Nanotechnologie wird demonstriert, wie solche Gewebe analytisch ausgehend von Visionen, Zukunftsbildern, Risikoerwartungen und Prozessen der Governance durchdringbar sind.
Downward Causation – The Way How Mind and Matter Interact
The paper analyzes Karl Popper’s and John Eccles’ account of mind-matter interaction and compares their use of the concept of downward causation with other more recent accounts of it, especially those of Nancey Murphy and George Ellis. The argument includes John Polkinghorne’s take on Divine action, as it provides an interesting version of downward mind/matter-interaction. It will be argued that while downward causation is a speculative concept, …
Markus Mühling. Resonances
Markus Mühling. Resonances: Neurobiology, Evolution, and Theology: Evolutionary Niche Construction, the Ecological Brain and Relational-narrative Theology
Transforming power/knowledge apparatuses
Politics and the dominant actors in the German energy system fear that the politically promised integration of renewable energies in the course of the Energy Transition will lead to losses of control due to increasing volatility, decentralization and heterogeneity of processes and actors. Yet, a novel form of control through the artificial intelligence of smart grids is envisioned that would tame the chaos in the system. To analyze the conditions…
What is Life? On Earth and Beyond
Approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging field of astrobiology, can provide fresh perspectives to the age-old question 'What is Life?'. Has the secret of life been unveiled and is it nothing more than physical chemistry? Modern philosophers will ask if we can even define life at all, as we still don't know much about its origins here on Earth. Others regard life as something that cannot simply be reduced to ju…
On the Relationship of Ian Barbour's and Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism
‘Critical realism’ is to some extent an equivocal term, although its ambiguity has rarely been noticed. The reason for this ambiguity is that the term has constantly been reinvented. Nevertheless, the identity of the label and many family resemblances between its uses allowed for a transfer of thought between these different, although similar concepts, bearing the same name. The purpose of this article is to highlight the similarities and differe…
Responsibilization through visions
Vision Assessments in technology assessment (TA) focus on how constructed futures (such as visions, scenarios and roadmaps) influence processes of innovation. To extend this perspective, we want to focus on the following question: What responsibilities do the practices of using such futures produce? Therefore, we offer a concept which analyzes visions as socio-epistemic practices in present re-arrangements of sociotechnical constellations which s…
How Smart Grid Meets In Vitro Meat
What Is Life? on Earth and Beyond
Appreciating Faith and Culture in an Age of Scientific Reasoning
Given its societal influence today, science is often thought to be more than just a technical approach to establish empirical observations that work. Although interpretations may vary, what generally is at stake since Galilei is the question of truth, of revealing the way the world we live in really is. Are science and theology hence dealing with the same question? Are they competing on the same territory or can they complement each other? The id…
Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present
Visions in assemblages
Developing our Planetary Plan with an 18th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal
‘Planetary sustainability’, as developed in this article, is a transitory term, marking the conceptional change from perceiving the Earth as a globe to recognising it rather as a planet. Concerning space mining, this move might happen in our age. Given this fact, and the contemporary situation concerning space debris, ‘ethics of planetary sustainability’ as well as space environment ethics are needed. It would also make sense to add an 18th Susta…
La richesse de la réalité
Le « réalisme critique », dans ses nombreuses variantes, garde une place importante dans le débat scientifique et théologique d’aujourd’hui. Alors qu’il a été mis substantiellement en avant par Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne et Arthur Peacocke, une analyse de son origine et de son sens conduit à se demander si cette position proposée par les théologiens-scientifiques n’omet pas une caractéristique intrinsèque de la dimension personnelle de la réa…
An artful contribution to our planetary concerns
Adam Pryor's fresh understanding of the imago Dei as a refraction of the Divine is much needed in an age of science and climate change. Well informed by astrobiological insights, his approach presents what I would call a deep reconceptualization of the imago Dei as a planetary phenomenon. The human planetary phenomenon, however, currently faces its own limitations. This is an ethical reality, which is touched upon by Pryor, but could have been ex…
Constructive-critical realism as a philosophy of science and religion
Although highly disputed, critical realism (in Ian G. Barbour’s style) is widely known as a tool to relate science and religion. Sympathising with an even more stringent hermeneutical approach, Andreas Losch had argued for a modification of critical realism into the so-called constructive-critical realism to give humanities with its constructive role of the subject due weight in any discussion on how to bridge the apparent gulf between the discip…
We are stardust
Humankind is stardust, born of the evolution of life on Earth as part of the evolution of the universe. He is called to particular responsibility for all living beings and of creation itself. The article discusses whether and how, in the perspective of a theological ecocentrism, the dignity and rights of non-human beings are to be anchored in order to live according to this responsibility. The aim is to develop an ethic of self-limitation that is…
Transformation through (re-)politicisation of socio-technical futures
The politicisation of the future is gaining attention, especially in research on the impact of emerging technologies on modern societies. This observation has motivated technology assessment (TA) and related research in science and technology studies (STS) to involve transformative practices in their examination of existing socio-technical futures in order to adapt them to societal needs. To this end, participation processes are initiated that ai…
Viktor von Weizsäcker. Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde
Viktor von Weizsäcker. Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde: Grundfragen der Naturphilosophie
Philosophy (15 works) · Epistemology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Engineering ethics (5 works) · Realism (5 works) · Futures contract (4 works)