Scharff / Dusek Philosophy of Technology

The Technological Condition: An Anthology
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-72272-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 720 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies

The new edition of this authoritative introduction to thephilosophy of technology includes recent developments in thesubject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection ofseminal contributions and its much-admired editorialcommentary.
* Remains the most comprehensive anthology on the philosophy oftechnology available
* Includes editors' insightful section introductions andcritical summaries for each selection
* Revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in thefield
* Combines difficult to find seminal essays with a judiciousselection of contemporary material
* Examines the relationship between technology and theunderstanding of the nature of science that underlies technologystudies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scharff, Robert C.

Dusek, Val

Über Autor(innen)

Robert C. Scharff is Professor of Philosophy at theUniversity of New Hampshire. He is the author of Comte AfterPositivism (1995; 2002) and the former editor of ContinentalPhilosophy Review (1995-2005). He publishes on 19th- and20th-century Continental philosophy (especially Dilthey, Heidegger,and the hermeneutics of science), the history of positivism(especially Comte and Mill, and the connection between classicalpositivism and recent analytic philosophy), and the philosophy oftechnology. He is currently finishing a book manuscript, "HowHistory Matters to Philosophy" and a collection of essays onHeidegger and technology, and editing a Blackwell Guidebook Seriesvolume on Heidegger's Being and Time.
Val Dusek is Professor of Philosophy at the University ofNew Hampshire. His research focuses on the history and philosophyof science and technology, with a particular interest in the socialfactors influencing scientific and technological development. Hehas written on non-mainstream philosophical influences (Asiatic,hermetic, romantic) on the history of electro-magnetic theory. Hisnumerous publications include Philosophy of Technology: AnIntroduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006) and co-editorship of thefirst edition of this volume.