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Book SynopsisThe aim of philosophy of technology is to help us understand technology s complex interrelationships with the environment, society, culture and with our very existence. A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive, authoritative reference source for this burgeoning and increasingly important field.
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Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xi
Introduction 1
Part I History of Technology 5
1 History of Technology 7
Thomas J. Misa
2 Definitions of Technology 18
Richard Li-Hua
3 Western Technology 23
Keld Nielsen
4 Chinese Technology 28
Francesca Bray
5 Islamic Technology 32
Thomas F. Glick
6 Japanese Technology 37
David Wittner
7 Technology and War 43
Bart Hacker
Part II Technology and Science 49
8 Technology and Science 51
Don Ihde
9 Science and Technology: Positivism and Critique 61
Hans Radder
10 Engineering Science 66
Louis L. Bucciarelli
11 Technological Knowledge 70
Anthonie W. M. Meijers and Marc J. de Vries
12 The Interplay between Science and Technology 75
Bart Gremmen
13 Instruments in Science and Technology 78
Mieke Boon
14 Social Construction of Science 84
Harry Collins
15 Social Construction of Technology 88
Wiebe E. Bijker
16 Theory Change and Instrumentation 95
Joseph C. Pitt
17 Biology and Technology 99
Keekok Lee
18 Nuclear Technologies 104
William J. Nuttall
19 Engineering Design 112
Peter Kroes
20 Cybernetics 118
Andrew Pickering
21 Chemistry and Technology 123
Helge S. Kragh
Part III Technology and Philosophy 129
22 Introduction: Philosophy and Technology 131
Val Dusek
23 Semiotics of Technology 141
Robert E. Innis
24 Critical Theory of Technology 146
Andrew Feenberg
25 Cyborgs 154
Evan Selinger
26 Simulation 157
Evan Selinger
27 Technology as “Applied Science” 160
Robert C. Scharff
28 Technological Artifacts 165
Peter-Paul Verbeek and Pieter E. Vermaas
29 Technical Practice 172
Bart Gremmen
30 Technological Pragmatism 175
Larry Hickman
31 Hermeneutics and Technologies 180
Don Ihde
32 Analytic Philosophy of Technology 184
Maarten Franssen
33 Technological Rationality 189
Lorenzo C. Simpson
34 Phenomenology and Technology 195
Iain Thomson
35 Expertise 202
Evan Selinger
36 Imaging Technologies 205
Don Ihde
37 The Critique of the Precautionary Principle and the Possibility for an “Enlightened Doomsaying” 210
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
38 Technology and Metaphysics 214
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
39 Large Technical Systems 218
Erik van der Vleuten
40 Sociotechnical Systems 223
Maarten Franssen and Peter Kroes
41 Information Technology 227
Luciano Floridi
Part IV Technology and Environment 233
42 Technology and Environment 235
Mary Tiles
43 The Precautionary Principle 248
Andy Stirling
44 Boundary-work, Pluralism and the Environment 263
Jozef Keulartz
45 Global Warming 270
Sir John Houghton
46 The Reinvention of CO2 as Refrigerant for Both Heating and Cooling 276
Jan Hurlen
47 Environmental Science and Technology 280
Mary Tiles
48 Agriculture and Technology 285
John R. Porter and Jesper Rasmussen
49 The Built Environment 289
Christian Illies
Part V Technology and Politics 295
50 Technology and Politics 297
Evan Selinger
51 The Idea of Progress 303
Daniel Sarewitz
52 Technology and Power 308
Daniel Sarewitz
53 Technology and Culture 311
Lucien Scubla
54 Technology Management 316
Richard Li-Hua
55 Technology Strategy 321
Richard Li-Hua
56 Technology and Globalization 325
David M. Kaplan
57 Technology Transfer 329
Evan Selinger
58 Technology and Capitalism 333
David M. Kaplan
59 The Politics of Gender and Technology 338
Elisabeth K. Kelan
60 European Politics, Economy and Technology 342
Erik Jones
61 Asian Politics, Economy and Technology 347
Keekok Lee
62 US Politics, Economy and Technology 353
David M. Hart
63 Energy, Technology and Geopolitics 359
John R. Fanchi
Part VI Technology and Ethics 365
64 Technology and Ethics: Overview 367
Carl Mitcham and Katinka Waelbers
65 Agriculture Ethics 384
David M. Kaplan
66 Architecture Ethics 387
Warwick A. Fox
67 Biomedical Engineering Ethics 392
Philip Brey
68 Bioethics 397
Paul B. Thomson
69 Biotechnology: Plants and Animals 402
Bart Gremmen
70 Computer Ethics 406
Philip Brey
71 Consumerism 412
Edward J. Woodhouse
72 Development Ethics 416
Thomas Kesselring
73 Energy Ethics 422
Kirsten Halsnæs
74 Engineering Ethics 426
Christelle Didier
75 Environmental Ethics 433
Thomas Søbirk Petersen
76 Food Ethics 439
David M. Kaplan
77 Future Generations 442
Jesper Ryberg
78 Genethics 445
Nils Holtug
79 Technology and the Law 449
Richard Susskind
80 Media Ethics 452
Deni Elliott
81 Medical Ethics 455
Søren Holm
82 Nanoethics 459
John Weckert
83 Nuclear Ethics 462
Koos van der Bruggen
84 Religion and Technology 466
Carl Mitcham
85 Technology and Personal Moral Responsibility 474
Jesper Ryberg
86 Value-sensitive Design 477
Jeroen van der Hoven and Noemi Manders-Huits
Part VII Technology and the Future 481
87 Technology, Prosperity and Risk 483
Sven Ove Hansson
88 World Risk Society 495
Ulrich Beck
89 Risk Analysis 500
Sven Ove Hansson
90 Prosperity and the Future of Technology 502
William Sims Bainbridge
91 Converging Technologies 508
William Sims Bainbridge
92 Nanotechnology 511
Alfred Nordmann
93 Energy Forecast Technologies 517
John R. Fanchi
94 Biotechnology 523
Jennifer Kuzma
95 Transportation 532
Jonathan L. Gifford
96 Global Challenges 538
Jennifer Kuzma
97 Chemicals 546
Bruce E. Johansen
98 The Future of Humanity 551
Nick Bostrom
Index 558
