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From World3 to the Social Assessment of Technology: Remarks on Science, Technology, and Society

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Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries

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From a well-known point of view, science is thought to constitute a world of objective entities (World3) different from the objective world of material things (World 1) and the subjective world of minds or mental states (World2). This is an old trichotomy, of which Popper is the leading contemporary proponent.

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SanmartĂ­n, J. (1993). From World3 to the Social Assessment of Technology: Remarks on Science, Technology, and Society. In: Mitcham, C. (eds) Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries. Philosophy and Technology, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1892-7_16

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