技術哲学入門 Philosophy of Technology : An Introduction

Dusek, Val

Blackwell Pub（2006/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 244 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781405111638
• DDC分類 601

基本説明

An up-to-date, accessible overview of the philosophy of technology; complements The Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition: An Anthology, edited by Robert C. Scharff and Val Dusek (Blackwell, 2003).

Full Description

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).

Contents

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