Philosophy and Technology
Philosophy and Technology
£31.99
GBPThis collection of essays examines the philosophical and cultural aspects of technology. The issues range widely - from quantum technology to problems of technology and culture in a developing country and contributors approach the issues from a variety of perspectives. The volume includes case-studies, and also more theoretical pieces which consider the fundamental question of whether technology should be perceived as a force for liberation or enslavement. The volume aims to stimulate debate about the relation between technology and philosophy and society in general, and to open a field of enquiry that has been relatively neglected. Written in an accessible style, the contributions are intended equally for philosophers exploring the novel problems arising in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but also for technologists interested in the philosophical implications of their work.
- Opens a field of enquiry which has formerly been neglected
- Written in an accessible style for both philosophers and technologists
- Contains case studies and theoretical pieces
Product details
December 1995Paperback
9780521558167
212 pages
233 × 160 × 23 mm
0.343kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Roger Fellows
- 2. Technology: liberation or enslavement? David E. Cooper
- 3. Do the successes of technology evidence the truth of theories? Michael Smithurst
- 4. Instruments and reality: the case of terrestrial magnetism and the Northern Lights Willem Hackman
- 5. Realism and progress: why scientists should be realists Robin Findlay Hendry
- 6. Quantum technology: where to look for the quantum measurements problem Nancy Cartwright
- 7. Welcome to Wales: Searle on the computational theory of mind Roger Fellows
- 8. Acts, omissions and keeping patients alive in a persistent vegetative state Sophie Botris
- 9. Technology and culture in a developing country Kwame Gyekye
- 10. Art and technology Anthony O'Hear
- 11. Tools, machines and marvels Stephen R. L. Clark
- 12. Values, means and ends Robert Grant
- 13. Question time Renford Bambrough.
