Balmer, B; (2020) La dimensión social de la Tecnología: El control de armas químicas y biológicas [The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons]. ArtefaCToS. Revista de estudios de la ciencia y la tecnología , 9 (1) pp. 61-76. 10.14201/art2020916176.

Preview

Text 22906-77543-1-PB.pdf - Published Version Download (136kB) | Preview

Abstract

his article addresses conceptual issues arising from attempts by governments and civil society to control the spread of chemical and biological weapons. The first part deals with key aspects of the international control of these weapons, focused on the main treaties that outlaw them. Then, key conceptual and practical dilemmas for practicing these controls are highlighted. These are the problems of definition, of “dual use”, of how to distinguish defensive from offensive research, of verification, and of the difficulty of analyzing chemical and biological warfare from a cultural perspective. Also this second part deals with the author's research on the History of chemical and biological warfare, The contribution that philosophers can (and do) make to the control of chemical and biological weapons is in the ethical field; Other debates in the Philosophy of Science, on terms such as tacit knowledge, Ontology, underdetermination and feminist Philosophy of Science have the potential to shed light on the dilemmas facing the arms control community.

Download activity - last month

Export as XMLCSVJSON

Download activity - last 12 months

Export as JSONXMLCSV

Downloads by country - last 12 months

Export as CSVXMLJSON

Archive Staff Only

View Item