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Author : Robert C. Scharff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118722728
Total Pages : 1533 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( 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

Author : Sven Ove Hansson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401797625
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives written by Sven Ove Hansson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the interplay between philosophies in a wide-ranging analysis of how technological applications in science inform our systems of thought. Beginning with a historical background, the volume moves on to explore a host of topics, such as the uses of technology in scientific observations and experiments, the salient relationship between technology and mechanistic notions in science and the ways in which today’s vast and increasing computing power helps scientists achieve results that were previously unattainable. Technology allows today’s researchers to gather, in a matter of hours, data that would previously have taken weeks or months to assemble. It also acts as a kind of metaphor bank, providing biologists in particular with analogies (the heart as a ‘pump’, the nervous system as a ‘computer network’) that have become common linguistic currency. This book also examines the fundamental epistemological distinctions between technology and science and assesses their continued relevance. Given the increasing amalgamation of the philosophies of science and technology, this fresh addition to the literature features pioneering work in a promising new field that will appeal both to philosophers and scientific historiographers.

Author : Val Dusek
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781405111621
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Technology written by Val Dusek and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-03-13 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for undergraduate students in philosophy and science studies,Philosophy of Technology offers an engaging andcomprehensive overview of a subject vital to our time. An up-to-date, accessible overview of the philosophy oftechnology, defining technology and its characteristics. Explores the issues that arise as technology becomes anintegral part of our society. In addition to traditional topics in science and technologystudies, the volume offers discussion of technocracy, the romanticrebellion against technology. Complements The Philosophy of Technology: The TechnologicalCondition: An Anthology, edited by Robert C. Scharff and ValDusek (Blackwell, 2003).

Author : Marc J. de Vries
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402034091
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( 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.

Author : David M. Kaplan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 074256536X
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Readings in the Philosophy of Technology written by David M. Kaplan and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for professors who want to provide a comprehensive set of the most important readings in the philosophy of technology, from foundational to the cutting edge, this book introduces students to the various ways in which societies, technologies, and environments shape one another. The readings examine the nature of technology as well as the effects of technologies upon human knowledge, activities, societies, and environments. Students will learn to appreciate the ways that philosophy informs our understanding of technology, and to see how technology relates to ethics, politics, nature, human nature, computers, science, food, and animals.

Author : James Gerrie
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1460406370
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Society: A Philosophical Guide written by James Gerrie and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is “technology”? Does technology control our lives? What is technology’s relation to ethics? How does technology influence us? Is the widespread belief in technological progress justified? Later sections of the book examine the application of philosophy of technology to social issues such as climate change, urban sprawl, and automation. Major issues and arguments are presented in an accessible and non-technical fashion, giving the reader a firm foundation in the field.

Author : Shannon Vallor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019085118X
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( 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.

Author : Claus Zittel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004170502
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophies of Technology written by Claus Zittel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in the present volume attempt to historically reconstruct the various dependencies of philosophical and scientific knowledge of the material and technical culture of the early modern era and to draw systematic conclusions for the writing of early modern history of science. The divisive transformation of humanist scholarly culture, the Scholastic school philosophy, as well as magic in the form of a philosophy of practice is always associated with the work of Francis Bacon. All of these essays in this volume reflect the close interaction between technical models and knowledge production in natural philosophy, natural history and epistemology. It becomes clear that the technological developments of the early modern era cannot be adequately depicted in the form of a pure history of technology but rather only as part of a broader, cultural history of the sciences. Contributors include: Todd Andrew Borlik, Arianna Borrelli, Thomas Brandstetter, Daniel Damler, Luisa Dolza, Moritz Epple, Berthold Heinecke, Dana Jalobeanu, J rgen Klein, Staffan M ller-Wille, Romano Nanni, Jarmo Pulkkinen, Pablo Schneider, Andr s Vaccari, Benjamin Wardhaugh, Sophie Weeks, and Claus Zittel.

Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135375321
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies written by Steve Fuller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has become more established, it has increasingly hidden its philosophical roots. While the trend is typical of disciplines striving for maturity, Steve Fuller, a leading figure in the field, argues that STS has much to lose if it abandons philosophy. In his characteristically provocative style, he offers the first sustained treatment of the philosophical foundations of STS and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. With stimulating discussions of the Science Wars, the Intelligent Design Theory controversy, and theorists such as Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour, Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies is required reading for students and scholars in STS and the philosophy of science.

Author : Sandra Harding
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134727321
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Other Cultures written by Sandra Harding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering new book, Sandra Harding and Robert Figueroa bring together an important collection of original essays by leading philosophers exploring an extensive range of diversity issues for the philosophy of science and technology. The essays gathered in this volume extend current philosophical discussion of science and technology beyond the standard feminist and gender analyses that have flourished over the past two decades, by bringing a thorough and truly diverse set of cultural, racial, and ethical concerns to bear on questioning in these areas. Science and Other Cultures charts important new directions in ongoing discussions of science and technology, and makes a significant contribution to both scholarly and teaching resources available in the field.