13 System of values associated with technoscience
Kazimierz J. Twardowski (1866–1938) – a Polish philosopher, logician and psychologist – in his solemn speech, delivered on the occasion of receiving the honoris causa doctorate of Poznań University (in 1933), said: “[…] objective truth, or even just the genuine quest to attain it, brings moderation into the disputes and battles between conflicting views and, by eliminating the instigating factors that set people against each other, gives them tools for reconciliation and imbues them with a spirit of good will toward each other. In this fashion, service in the name of objective truth takes on an ethical significance, and can become to an ever greater degree humanity’s true blessing”1. The language ...
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