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NANOTECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES Implications for Philosophy, Ethics and Society CONTENTS FRONT MATTER i INTRODUCTION Joachim Schummer and Davis Baird 1 Part 1: Philosophical Issues – The Drexler Challenge TWO CULTURES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY? Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent 7 THE DREXLER-SMALLEY DEBATE ON NANOTECHNOLOGY: INCOMMENSURABILITY AT WORK? Otávio Bueno 29 Part 1: Philosophical Issues – The Metaphysics of Nanotechnology NOUMENAL TECHNOLOGY: REFLECTIONS ON THE INCREDIBLE TININESS OF NANO Alfred Nordmann 49 NANOTECHNOLOGY AND NATURE: ON TWO CRITERIA FOR UNDERSTANDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP Gregor Schiemann 73 SMALL, BUT DETERMINED: TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM IN NANOSCIENCE Cyrus C. M. Mody 95 Part 1: Philosophical Issues – The Truth of Nanoscopic Images WHEN IS AN IMAGE NOT AN IMAGE? Joseph Pitt 131 CHANGES IN THE DESIGN OF SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPIC IMAGES FROM 1980 TO 1990 Jochen Hennig 143 Part 1: Philosophical Issues – Dealing with Complexity ANALYZING THE COMPLEXITY OF NANOTECHNOLOGY Marc J. de Vries 165 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GENERALIZATIONS IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Martin Meyer and Osmo Kuusi 181 Part 2: Ethical Issues – Social and Environmental Ethics of Nanotechnology WHAT COUNTS AS A ‘SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUE’ IN NANOTECHNOLOGY? Bruce V. Lewenstein 201 THE PROMISE AND THREAT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: CAN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS GUIDE US? Christopher J. Preston 217 Part 2: Ethical Issues – Managing the Risks of Nanotechnology NANOSCIENCES AND THEIR CONVERGENCE WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES: NEW GOLDEN AGE OR APOCALYPSE? Louis Laurent and Jean-Claude Petit 249 LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY: TOWARD THE ONGOING NORMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY Jean-Pierre Dupuy and Alexei Grinbaum 287 GREAT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT SMALL THINGS Sven Ove Hansson 315 Part 3: Societal Issues – Public Discourses on the Future BRIDGING THE GAPS: SCIENCE FICTION IN NANOTECHNOLOGY José López 327 BEYOND TRUTH: PLEASURE OF NANOFUTURES Arne Hessenbruch 357 Part 3: Societal Issues – Visions and Public Reactions to Nanotechnology NARRATIVES FOR NANOTECH: ANTICIPATING PUBLIC REACTIONS TO NANOTECHNOLOGY Christopher P. Toumey 383 ‘SOCIETAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY’: MEANINGS, INTEREST GROUPS, AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS Joachim Schummer 413 BACK MATTER 451 Back

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