Anticipation, ethics, and responsibility as cognitive and epistemological foundations of disciplines
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| Titel: | Anticipation, ethics, and responsibility as cognitive and epistemological foundations of disciplines |
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| Autoren: | Brajdić Vuković, Marija, Tranfić, Ivan |
| Verlagsinformationen: | 2025. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2025 |
| Schlagwörter: | sociology of expectations, kognitivni i epistemološki temelji, studije budućnosti, fenomenološki utemeljeno intervjuiranje, sociologija očekivanja, future studies, cognitive and epistemological foundations, phenomenologically based interviewing |
| Beschreibung: | This paper examines how Croatian scientists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds construct and narrate responsible futures in science and technology at personal, disciplinary, and societal levels. Framed within the sociology of expectations, as articulated by Borup et al. (2006), we highlight how expectations bridge technical and social boundaries, intertwining visions of the future with both dimensions. Expectations are crucial for connecting the inner and outer worlds of techno-scientific communities, acting as the “missing link” in understanding their dynamics. In our analysis, we also draw on future studies approaches (Fuller et al., 2024), holding that (a) a sense of the future is necessary to act responsibly in the present; (b) images of the future contain clues about what it means to be responsible; and (c) these images guide present actions. The study is part of the project “Social Responsibility and Professional Ethics of Croatian Scientists - RESETH” (2023–2027) and employs a phenomenological approach using in-depth, phenomenologically based interviewing (Seidman, 2006). This method combines life-history interviewing (Bertaux, 1981) with focused, in-depth interviewing informed by phenomenological assumptions, particularly those of Alfred Schutz (1967). Conducted in three stages, the interviews (a) situate participants' experiences in context, (b) reconstruct the details of those experiences, and (c) explore the meanings attributed to them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 Croatian scientists from natural, social, technical, and biomedical disciplines, focusing on their past and present experiences with social responsibility and ethics, as well as their reflections on future expectations. Based on their narratives, we demonstrate how disciplinary backgrounds shape cognitive and epistemological frameworks for envisioning the future. Key themes include temporal perspectives, questions of scale, the complexity and interconnectedness of socio-technical problems, and the challenges of complicity and impurity. We discuss how specific disciplinary habituses influence the capacity to think responsibly, highlighting unique challenges and opportunities for fostering ethical and socially responsible science. |
| Publikationsart: | Conference object |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://www.tugraz-verlag.at/en/gesamtverzeichnis/informatik-und-biomedizinische-technik/book-of-abstracts-23rd-sts-conference-graz-2025-ebook/ https://hsd.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSD-X-kongres_online.pdf |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.dedup.wf.002..c5f3d63be567db24c9011fb7897e276a |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | This paper examines how Croatian scientists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds construct and narrate responsible futures in science and technology at personal, disciplinary, and societal levels. Framed within the sociology of expectations, as articulated by Borup et al. (2006), we highlight how expectations bridge technical and social boundaries, intertwining visions of the future with both dimensions. Expectations are crucial for connecting the inner and outer worlds of techno-scientific communities, acting as the “missing link” in understanding their dynamics. In our analysis, we also draw on future studies approaches (Fuller et al., 2024), holding that (a) a sense of the future is necessary to act responsibly in the present; (b) images of the future contain clues about what it means to be responsible; and (c) these images guide present actions. The study is part of the project “Social Responsibility and Professional Ethics of Croatian Scientists - RESETH” (2023–2027) and employs a phenomenological approach using in-depth, phenomenologically based interviewing (Seidman, 2006). This method combines life-history interviewing (Bertaux, 1981) with focused, in-depth interviewing informed by phenomenological assumptions, particularly those of Alfred Schutz (1967). Conducted in three stages, the interviews (a) situate participants' experiences in context, (b) reconstruct the details of those experiences, and (c) explore the meanings attributed to them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 Croatian scientists from natural, social, technical, and biomedical disciplines, focusing on their past and present experiences with social responsibility and ethics, as well as their reflections on future expectations. Based on their narratives, we demonstrate how disciplinary backgrounds shape cognitive and epistemological frameworks for envisioning the future. Key themes include temporal perspectives, questions of scale, the complexity and interconnectedness of socio-technical problems, and the challenges of complicity and impurity. We discuss how specific disciplinary habituses influence the capacity to think responsibly, highlighting unique challenges and opportunities for fostering ethical and socially responsible science. |
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