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Analytical Philosophy of Technology

Author : F. Rapp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940098412X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Analytical Philosophy of Technology written by F. Rapp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friedrich Rapp, in this magisterial and critical essay on technology, the complex human phenomenon that demands philosophy of science, philosophy of culture, moral insight, and historical sensi tivity for its understanding, writes modestly of the grave and ten tative situation in the philosophy of technology. Despite the pro found thinkers who have devoted time and imagination and ratio nal penetration, despite the massive literature now available, the varied and comparative viewpoints of political, analytic, despite metaphysical, cultural, even esthetic commitments, indeed despite the honest joining of historical and systematic methods of inves tigation, we are far from a satisfactory understanding of the joys and sorrows, the achievements and disappointments, of the tech nological saga of human societies. Professor Rapp has prepared this report on the philosophical understanding of technology for a troubled world; if ever philosophy were needed, it is in the prac tical attempt to find alternatives among technologies, to foresee dangers and opportunities, to choose with a sense of the possibil ity of fulfilling humane values. Emerson spoke of the scholar not as a specialist apart, but as 'Man thinking' and Rapp's essay so speaks to all of us, industrial world or third world, engineers or humanists, tired or energetic, fearful or optimistic.

Analytical Philosophy of Technology

Author : F. Rapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789400984134
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Analytical Philosophy of Technology written by F. Rapp and published by . This book was released on 1981-05-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology

Author : Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118394232
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology written by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on essays from leading international and multi-disciplinary scholars, A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive and authoritative reference source to cover the key issues of technology’s impact on society and our lives. Presents the first complete, authoritative reference work in the field Organized thematically for use both as a full introduction to the field or an encyclopedic reference Draws on original essays from leading interdisciplinary scholars Features the most up-to-date and cutting edge research in the interdisciplinary fields of philosophy, technology, and their broader intellectual environments

Italian Philosophy of Technology

Author : Simona Chiodo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030545229
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Italian Philosophy of Technology written by Simona Chiodo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume about the Italian philosophy of technology written in English and including novel and translated contributions. The volume presents original research on emerging topics in the field, as well as an overview of the most distinguished Italian approaches to the philosophy of technology. While offering both historical and political perspectives and the contributions of the philosophy of law, philosophy of science, and aesthetics, Italian Philosophy of Technology promotes a novel view on the intersection between continental and analytic traditions in the philosophy of technology.

Teaching about Technology

Author : Marc J. de Vries
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319329456
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Teaching about Technology written by Marc J. de Vries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the philosophy of technology that is accessible to non-philosophers. It offers a survey of the current state-of-affairs in the philosophy of technology and also discusses the relevance of that for teaching about technology. The book includes questions and assignments and offers an extensive annotated bibliography for those who want to read more about the discipline.

Philosophy of Technology

Author : Robert C. Scharff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118722728
Total Pages : 1533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Technology written by Robert C. Scharff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 1533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary. Remains the most comprehensive anthology on the philosophy of technology available Includes editors’ insightful section introductions and critical summaries for each selection Revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field Combines difficult to find seminal essays with a judicious selection of contemporary material Examines the relationship between technology and the understanding of the nature of science that underlies technology studies

Philosophy of Technology

Author : Frederick Ferré
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820317616
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Technology written by Frederick Ferré and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this widely taught introductory survey, Frederick Ferré explains the fundamental concerns and methods of philosophy and then guides readers through a philosophical inquiry into some of the major issues surrounding technology's impact on our lives. The first half of the book concentrates on key definitions and epistemological issues, including an overview of philosophy as applied to technology, a definition of technology, and an examination of technology as it relates to practical and theoretical intelligence--especially how high technology relates to modern science and how science depends on technical craft. The second half addresses the problems of living with technology. Ferré contrasts Karl Marx's and Buckminster Fuller's "bright" visions of technology and modern existence with the "somber" visions of Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse. Next, in offering direction for an ethical assessment of technology, Ferré poses questions about workplace automation, computers, nuclear energy, Third World development, and genetic engineering. Finally, the book considers debates about the mutual influences between technology and religion, and technology and metaphysics. A glossary and a list of suggested further readings are included. Providing a philosophical framework that will remain timely in the face of rapid technological change, Philosophy of Technology will help students in both the sciences and liberal arts to examine comprehensively their own and society's fundamental beliefs and attitudes about technology.

The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation

Author : N. Capaldi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401733007
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation written by N. Capaldi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytic philosophy has been a dominant intellectual movement in the 20th century and a reflection of the cultural pre-eminence of scientism. In response to analytic philosophy's peculiar reticence (and inability) to discuss itself, this book provides its first comprehensive history and critique. The central element in the analytic conversation has been the Enlightenment Project: the appeal to an autonomous human reason, freed of any higher authority and channeling itself through science as its privileged tool. This centrality is demonstrated by systematically examining its presence and development in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology, language, psychology, social science, ethics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. This journey highlights the internal logical disintegration of that project. Post-modern relativism is its natural offspring and not a viable alternative. The Enlightenment Project's conception of physical science is defective; this defective conception of physical science renders the analytic conception of social science, philosophical psychology, and epistemology defective; and that defective conception of the human condition leads to defective conceptions of both moral and political philosophy, specifically the idea of social engineering or social technology. Throughout the book, an alternative conception of philosophy is presented as a way out of the abyss of analysis, an alternative that reconnects philosophy with the mainstream of Western civilization and initiates the process of providing a coherent cultural narrative. This book will be of particular interest to any sophisticated reader concerned about the lack of a coherent cultural narrative.

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology

Author : Shannon Vallor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019085118X
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology written by Shannon Vallor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology gives readers a view into this increasingly vital and urgently needed domain of philosophical understanding, offering an in-depth collection of leading and emerging voices in the philosophy of technology. The thirty-two contributions in this volume cut across and connect diverse philosophical traditions and methodologies. They reveal the often-neglected importance of technology for virtually every subfield of philosophy, including ethics, epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of language, and political theory. The Handbook also gives readers a new sense of what philosophy looks like when fully engaged with the disciplines and domains of knowledge that continue to transform the material and practical features and affordances of our world, including engineering, arts and design, computing, and the physical and social sciences. The chapters reveal enduring conceptual themes concerning technology's role in the shaping of human knowledge, identity, power, values, and freedom, while bringing a philosophical lens to the profound transformations of our existence brought by innovations ranging from biotechnology and nuclear engineering to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and robotics. This new collection challenges the reader with provocative and original insights on the history, concepts, problems, and questions to be brought to bear upon humanity's complex and evolving relationship to technology.

Analytical philosophy of technology (Analytische Technikphilosophie, engl.) Transl. by Stanley R. Carpenter and Theodor Langenbruch

Author : Friedrich Rapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Analytical philosophy of technology (Analytische Technikphilosophie, engl.) Transl. by Stanley R. Carpenter and Theodor Langenbruch written by Friedrich Rapp and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Metaphysics of Technology

Author : David Skrbina
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134757425
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Technology written by David Skrbina and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is technology? Why does it have such power in our lives? Why does it seemingly progress of its own accord, and without regard to social or environmental well-being? The quest for the essence of technology is an old one, with roots in the pre-Socratic philosophy of ancient Greece. It was then that certain thinkers first joined the ideas of technê and logos into a single worldview. The Greeks saw it as a kind of world-force, present in both the works of men and in nature itself. It was the very creative power of the cosmos. In the 20th century, German thinkers like Dessauer, Juenger, and Heidegger sought the metaphysical basis of technology, with varying success. French theologian Jacques Ellul argued persuasively that technology was an autonomous force of nature that determined all aspects of human existence, but he neglected the metaphysical underpinnings. Recent writers in the philosophy of technology have generally eschewed metaphysics altogether, preferring to concentrate on constructivist models or pragmatic analyses. In the present work, Skrbina returns to a classic metaphysical approach, seeking not so much an essence of technology but rather a deep and penetrating analysis of the entire technological phenomenon. Drawing on the Greeks, he argues for a teleological metaphysics in which increasing order in the universe is itself defined as a technological process. On this reading, all of reality constitutes a technical sphere, a "pantechnikon," of universal scope. This work — the first-ever book-length treatment of the topic — breaks new ground by providing an in-depth and critical study of the metaphysics of technology, as well as drawing out the practical consequences. Technology poses significant risks to humanity and the planet, risks that can be mitigated through a detailed philosophical analysis.

Empty Ideas

Author : Peter Unger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019069601X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Empty Ideas written by Peter Unger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the middle of the twentieth century, philosophers generally agreed that, by contrast with science, philosophy should offer no substantial thoughts about the general nature of concrete reality. Instead, philosophers offered conceptual truths. It is widely assumed that, since 1970, things have changed greatly. This book argues that's an illusion that prevails because of the failure to differentiate between "concretely substantial" and "concretely empty" ideas.

Exceptional Technologies

Author : Dominic Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350015628
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Exceptional Technologies written by Dominic Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of technology and the humanities, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary developments in Continental philosophy and philosophy of technology. Philosophy of technology regularly draws on key thinkers in the Continental tradition, including Husserl, Heidegger, and Foucault. Yet because of the problematic legacy of the 'empirical turn', it often criticizes 'bad' continental tendencies - lyricism, pessimism, and an outdated view of technology as an autonomous, transcendental force. This misconception is based on a faulty image of Continental thought, and in addressing it Smith productively redefines our concept of technology. By closely engaging key texts, and by examining 'exceptional technologies' such as imagined, failed, and impossible technologies that fall outside philosophy of technology's current focus, this book offers a practical guide to thinking about and using continental philosophy and philosophy of technology. It outlines and enacts three key characteristics of philosophy as practiced in the continental tradition: close reading of the history of philosophy; focus on critique; and openness to other disciplinary fields. Smith deploys the concept of exceptional technologies to provide a novel way of widening discussion in philosophy of technology, navigating the relationship between philosophy of technology and Continental philosophy; the history of both these fields; the role of imagination in relation to technologies; and the social function of technologies themselves.

Teaching about Technology

Author : Marc J. de Vries
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402034091
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Teaching about Technology written by Marc J. de Vries and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the philosophy of technology that is accessible to non-philosophers. It offers a survey of the current state-of-affairs in the philosophy of technology and also discusses the relevance of that for teaching about technology. The book includes questions and assignments and offers an extensive annotated bibliography for those who want to read more about the discipline.

Ludwig Wittgenstein between Analytic Philosophy and Apophaticism

Author : Sotiris Mitralexis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443884847
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Ludwig Wittgenstein between Analytic Philosophy and Apophaticism written by Sotiris Mitralexis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume initiates an inquiry into the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “analytic stance” towards philosophy and the inherently apophatic nature of his epistemology, a subject that has been repeatedly hinted at, but hitherto never thoroughly researched through this particular hermeneutical lens. In using the term “apophaticism,” the book is not merely referring to the theological “via negativa” or to tendencies towards mysticism, but rather to a comprehensive epistemological stance that “refuses to identify truth with its formulation and to identify the understanding of the signifier with the knowledge of its signified reality,” to use Christos Yannaras’ definition. The question of whether Ludwig Wittgenstein’s work can be approached as a particularly efflorescent case of the implementation of an implicitly (and at times explicitly) apophatic epistemology is herewith addressed. As such, this volume contends that such an approach would not merely provide elucidations on apophatic epistemologies, but rather shed potentially valuable hermeneutical light on Wittgenstein’s work, functioning as an epistemological thread running through it. Consequently, the focal points here consist of questions concerning knowledge and its disclosure, ineffability, non-discursivity, the function of language, the limits of one’s language as the limits of one’s world, and the language of religion, among others. In addition, the volume’s contribution to shedding more light on the apophatic aspects of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy is enhanced by its inclusion of a broad spectrum of different approaches, with contributors ranging from Wittgenstein scholars to Patristics scholars—and beyond.

Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture

Author : Larry A. Hickman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253214440
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture written by Larry A. Hickman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hickman['s] . . . style of pragmatism provides us with flexible, philosophical 'tools' which can be used to analyze and penetrate various technology and technological cultural problems of the present. He, himself, uses this toolkit to make his analyses and succeeds very well indeed." —Don Ihde A practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture. Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture contends that technology—a defining mark of contemporary culture—should be a legitimate concern of philosophers. Larry A. Hickman contests the perception that philosophy is little more than a narrow academic discipline and that philosophical discourse is merely redescription of the ancient past. Drawing inspiration from John Dewey, one of America's greatest public philosophers, Hickman validates the role of philosophers as cultural critics and reformers in the broadest sense. Hickman situates Dewey's critique of technological culture within the debates of 20th-century Western philosophy by engaging the work of Richard Rorty, Albert Borgmann, Jacques Ellul, Walter Benjamin, Jürgen Habermas, and Martin Heidegger, among others. Pushing beyond their philosophical concerns, Hickman designs and assembles a set of philosophical tools to cope with technological culture in a new century. His pragmatic treatment of current themes—such as technology and its relationship to the arts, technosciences and technocrats, the role of the media in education, and the meaning of democracy and community life in an age dominated by technology—reveals that philosophy possesses powerful tools for cultural renewal. This original, timely, and accessible work will be of interest to readers seeking a deeper understanding of the meanings and consequences of technology in today's world.

Automation and Utopia

Author : John Danaher
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674984242
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Automation and Utopia written by John Danaher and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Automating technologies threaten to usher in a workless future, but John Danaher argues that this can be a good thing. A world without work may be a kind of utopia, free of the misery of the job and full of opportunities for creativity and exploration. If we play our cards right, automation could be the path to idealized forms of human flourishing.