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Data — Information — Knowledge. A Trial of a Technological Enlightenment

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Part of the book series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ((ETHICSSCI,volume 9))

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The main issue of the triad “democracy — participation — technology assessment” has been focused on the transition from an Information Society to a Knowledge Society. First of all, this transition can be considered as a transition from one headline term to another one within the context of socio-technical research programs.

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  1. Klaus Kornwachs
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  1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, ITAS, Postfach 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gerhard Banse

  2. Europäische Akademie GmbH, Wilhelmstraße 56, 53474, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

    Christian J. Langenbach  & Dagmar Uhl M.A.  & 

  3. Centre of Science, Technology, Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences, Jilská 1, CZ-110 00, Prague 1, Czech Republic

    Petr Machleidt

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Kornwachs, K. (2000). Data — Information — Knowledge. A Trial of a Technological Enlightenment. In: Banse, G., Langenbach, C.J., Machleidt, P., Uhl, D. (eds) Towards the Information Society. Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04004-1_10

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