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Thinking through Technology : The Path between Engineering and Philosophy /

What does it mean to think about technology philosophically? Why try? These are the issues that Carl Mitcham addresses in this work, a comprehensive, critical introduction to the philosophy of technology and a discussion of its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology"...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitcham, Carl (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFATORY NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION Thinking about Technology
  • PART ONE Historical Traditions in the Philosophy of Technology
  • CHAPTER ONE Engineering Philosophy of Technology
  • CHAPTER TWO Humanities Philosophy of Technology
  • CHAPTER THREE From Engineering to Humanities Philosophy of Technology
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Philosophical Questioning of Technology
  • CHAPTER FIVE Philosophical Questions about Techne
  • PART TWO Analytical Issues in the Philosophy of Technology
  • CHAPTER SIX From Philosophy to Technology
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Types of Technology as Object
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Types of Technology as Knowledge
  • CHAPTER NINE Types of Technology as Activity
  • CHAPTER TEN Types of Technology as Volition
  • CONCLUSION Continuing to Think about Technology
  • EPILOGUE Three Ways of Being-with Technology
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX