Philosophy Technology

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1163-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Ideal for undergraduate students in philosophy and science studies, Philosophy of Technology offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of a subject vital to our time.
- An up-to-date, accessible overview of the philosophy of technology, defining technology and its characteristics.
- Explores the issues that arise as technology becomes an integral part of our society.
- In addition to traditional topics in science and technology studies, the volume offers discussion of technocracy, the romantic rebellion against technology.
- Complements The Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology, edited by Robert C. Scharff and Val Dusek (Blackwell, 2003).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dusek, Val

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

1 Philosophy of Science and Technology 6

2 What Is Technology? Defining or Characterizing Technology 26

3 Technocracy 38

4 Rationality, Technological Rationality, and Reason 53

5 Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Technology 70

6 Technological Determinism 84

7 Autonomous Technology 105

8 Human Nature: Tool-making or Language? 112

9 Women, Feminism, and Technology 136

10 Non-Western Technology and Local Knowledge 156

11 Anti-technology: Romanticism, Luddism, and the Ecology Movement 176

12 Social Constructionism and Actor-network Theory 198

Bibliography 211

Index 234

Über Autor(innen)

Val Dusek is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. His recent publications include Holistic Inspirations of Physics: An Underground History of Electromagnetic Theory (1999) and Philosophy of Technology – The Technological Condition: An Anthology (co-edited with Robert C. Scharff, Blackwell 2003).