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Book Synopsis
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.

Table of Contents

Source Acknowledgments ix

Introduction to the Second Edition xiii

Part I The Historical Background 1

Introduction 3

1 On Dialectic and “Technē” 9
Plato

2 On “Technē” and “Epistēmē” 19
Aristotle

3 The Greek Concepts of “Nature” and “Technique” 25
Wolfgang Schadewaldt

4 On the Idols, the Scientific Study of Nature, and the Reformation of Education 33
Francis Bacon

5 Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View 47
Immanuel Kant

6 The Nature and Importance of the Positive Philosophy 54
Auguste Comte

7 On the Sciences and Arts 68
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

8 Capitalism and the Modern Labor Process 74
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Part II Philosophy, Modern Science, and Technology 89

Positivist and Postpositivist Philosophies of Science 91

9 The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle 101
Rudolf Carnap, Hans Hahn, and Otto Neurath

10 Paradigms and Anomalies in Science 111
Thomas Kuhn

11 Experimentation and Scientific Realism 121
Ian Hacking

12 Hermeneutical Philosophy and Pragmatism: A Philosophy of Science 131
Patrick A. Heelan and Jay Schulkin

13 What are Cultural Studies of Science? 147
Joseph Rouse

14 Revaluing Science: Starting from the Practices of Women 161
Nancy Tuana

15 Is Science Multicultural? 171
Sandra Harding

16 On Knowledge and the Diversity of Cultures: Comment on Harding 183
Shigehisa Kuriyama

The Task of a Philosophy of Technology 187

17 Philosophical Inputs and Outputs of Technology 191
Mario Bunge

18 Analytic Philosophy of Technology 201
Maarten Franssen

19 On the Aims of a Philosophy of Technology 205
Jacques Ellul

20 Toward a Philosophy of Technology 210
Hans Jonas

21 The Technology Question in Feminism: A View from Feminist Technology Studies 224
Wendy Faulkner

Part III Defining Technology 239

Introduction 241

22 Conflicting Visions of Technology 249
Mary Tiles and Hans Oberdiek

23 The Mangle of Practice 260
Andrew Pickering

24 The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts 266
Trevor J. Pinch and Wiebe E. Bijker

25 Actor-Network Theory (ANT) 278
Bruno Latour

26 Actor-Network Theory: Critical Considerations 289
Sergio Sismondo

Part IV Heidegger on Technology 297

Introduction 299

27 The Question Concerning Technology 305
Martin Heidegger

28 On Philosophy’s “Ending” in Technoscience: Heidegger vs. Comte 318
Robert C. Scharff

29 Focal Things and Practices 329
Albert Borgmann

30 Heidegger and Borgmann on How to Affirm Technology 350
Hubert L. Dreyfus and Charles Spinosa

31 Philosophy of Technology at the Crossroads: Critique of Heidegger and Borgmann 362
Andrew Feenberg

Part V Technology and Human Ends 375

Human Beings as “Makers” or “Tool-Users”? 377

32 Tool Users vs. Homo Sapiens and the Megamachine 381
Lewis Mumford

33 The “Vita Activa” and the Modern Age 389
Hannah Arendt

34 Putting Pragmatism (especially Dewey’s) to Work 406
Larry Hickman

35 Buddhist Economics 421
E. F. Schumacher

Is Technology Autonomous? 426

36 The “Autonomy” of the Technological Phenomenon 430
Jacques Ellul

37 Do Machines Make History? 442
Robert L. Heilbroner

38 The New Forms of Control 449
Herbert Marcuse

39 Technological Determinism Is Dead; Long Live Technological Determinism 456
Sally Wyatt

Technology, Ecology, and the Conquest of Nature 467

40 Mining the Earth’s Womb 471
Carolyn Merchant

41 The Deep Ecology Movement 482
Bill Devall

42 Deeper than Deep Ecology: The Eco-Feminist Connection 491
Ariel Salleh

43 In Defense of Posthuman Dignity 495
Nick Bostrom

Part VI Technology as Social Practice 503

Technology and the Lifeworld 505

44 Cultural Climates and Technological Advance in the Middle Ages 511
Lynn White, Jr.

45 Three Ways of Being-With Technology 523
Carl Mitcham

46 A Phenomenology of Technics 539
Don Ihde

47 Postphenomenology of Technology 561
Peter-Paul Verbeek

48 Technoscience Studies after Heidegger? Not Yet 573
Robert C. Scharff

Technology and Cyberspace 582

49 Consciousness in Human and Robot Minds 588
Daniel C. Dennett

50 Why Heideggerian AI Failed and How Fixing It Would Require Making It More Heideggerian 597
Hubert L. Dreyfus

51 A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century 610
Donna Haraway

52 A Moratorium on Cyborgs: Computation, Cognition, and Commerce 631
Evan Selinger and Timothy Engström

53 Anonymity versus Commitment: The Dangers of Education on the Internet 641
Hubert L. Dreyfus

Technology, Knowledge, and Power 648

54 Panopticism 654
Michel Foucault

55 Do Artifacts Have Politics? 668
Langdon Winner

56 The Social Impact of Technological Change 680
Emmanuel G. Mesthene

57 Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals, with the Author’s 2000 Retrospective 693
John McDermott

58 Democratic Rationalization: Technology, Power, and Freedom 706
Andrew Feenberg

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 31/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9781118547250, 978-1118547250
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Source Acknowledgments ix

      Introduction to the Second Edition xiii

      Part I The Historical Background 1

      Introduction 3

      1 On Dialectic and “Technē” 9
      Plato

      2 On “Technē” and “Epistēmē” 19
      Aristotle

      3 The Greek Concepts of “Nature” and “Technique” 25
      Wolfgang Schadewaldt

      4 On the Idols, the Scientific Study of Nature, and the Reformation of Education 33
      Francis Bacon

      5 Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View 47
      Immanuel Kant

      6 The Nature and Importance of the Positive Philosophy 54
      Auguste Comte

      7 On the Sciences and Arts 68
      Jean-Jacques Rousseau

      8 Capitalism and the Modern Labor Process 74
      Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

      Part II Philosophy, Modern Science, and Technology 89

      Positivist and Postpositivist Philosophies of Science 91

      9 The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle 101
      Rudolf Carnap, Hans Hahn, and Otto Neurath

      10 Paradigms and Anomalies in Science 111
      Thomas Kuhn

      11 Experimentation and Scientific Realism 121
      Ian Hacking

      12 Hermeneutical Philosophy and Pragmatism: A Philosophy of Science 131
      Patrick A. Heelan and Jay Schulkin

      13 What are Cultural Studies of Science? 147
      Joseph Rouse

      14 Revaluing Science: Starting from the Practices of Women 161
      Nancy Tuana

      15 Is Science Multicultural? 171
      Sandra Harding

      16 On Knowledge and the Diversity of Cultures: Comment on Harding 183
      Shigehisa Kuriyama

      The Task of a Philosophy of Technology 187

      17 Philosophical Inputs and Outputs of Technology 191
      Mario Bunge

      18 Analytic Philosophy of Technology 201
      Maarten Franssen

      19 On the Aims of a Philosophy of Technology 205
      Jacques Ellul

      20 Toward a Philosophy of Technology 210
      Hans Jonas

      21 The Technology Question in Feminism: A View from Feminist Technology Studies 224
      Wendy Faulkner

      Part III Defining Technology 239

      Introduction 241

      22 Conflicting Visions of Technology 249
      Mary Tiles and Hans Oberdiek

      23 The Mangle of Practice 260
      Andrew Pickering

      24 The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts 266
      Trevor J. Pinch and Wiebe E. Bijker

      25 Actor-Network Theory (ANT) 278
      Bruno Latour

      26 Actor-Network Theory: Critical Considerations 289
      Sergio Sismondo

      Part IV Heidegger on Technology 297

      Introduction 299

      27 The Question Concerning Technology 305
      Martin Heidegger

      28 On Philosophy’s “Ending” in Technoscience: Heidegger vs. Comte 318
      Robert C. Scharff

      29 Focal Things and Practices 329
      Albert Borgmann

      30 Heidegger and Borgmann on How to Affirm Technology 350
      Hubert L. Dreyfus and Charles Spinosa

      31 Philosophy of Technology at the Crossroads: Critique of Heidegger and Borgmann 362
      Andrew Feenberg

      Part V Technology and Human Ends 375

      Human Beings as “Makers” or “Tool-Users”? 377

      32 Tool Users vs. Homo Sapiens and the Megamachine 381
      Lewis Mumford

      33 The “Vita Activa” and the Modern Age 389
      Hannah Arendt

      34 Putting Pragmatism (especially Dewey’s) to Work 406
      Larry Hickman

      35 Buddhist Economics 421
      E. F. Schumacher

      Is Technology Autonomous? 426

      36 The “Autonomy” of the Technological Phenomenon 430
      Jacques Ellul

      37 Do Machines Make History? 442
      Robert L. Heilbroner

      38 The New Forms of Control 449
      Herbert Marcuse

      39 Technological Determinism Is Dead; Long Live Technological Determinism 456
      Sally Wyatt

      Technology, Ecology, and the Conquest of Nature 467

      40 Mining the Earth’s Womb 471
      Carolyn Merchant

      41 The Deep Ecology Movement 482
      Bill Devall

      42 Deeper than Deep Ecology: The Eco-Feminist Connection 491
      Ariel Salleh

      43 In Defense of Posthuman Dignity 495
      Nick Bostrom

      Part VI Technology as Social Practice 503

      Technology and the Lifeworld 505

      44 Cultural Climates and Technological Advance in the Middle Ages 511
      Lynn White, Jr.

      45 Three Ways of Being-With Technology 523
      Carl Mitcham

      46 A Phenomenology of Technics 539
      Don Ihde

      47 Postphenomenology of Technology 561
      Peter-Paul Verbeek

      48 Technoscience Studies after Heidegger? Not Yet 573
      Robert C. Scharff

      Technology and Cyberspace 582

      49 Consciousness in Human and Robot Minds 588
      Daniel C. Dennett

      50 Why Heideggerian AI Failed and How Fixing It Would Require Making It More Heideggerian 597
      Hubert L. Dreyfus

      51 A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century 610
      Donna Haraway

      52 A Moratorium on Cyborgs: Computation, Cognition, and Commerce 631
      Evan Selinger and Timothy Engström

      53 Anonymity versus Commitment: The Dangers of Education on the Internet 641
      Hubert L. Dreyfus

      Technology, Knowledge, and Power 648

      54 Panopticism 654
      Michel Foucault

      55 Do Artifacts Have Politics? 668
      Langdon Winner

      56 The Social Impact of Technological Change 680
      Emmanuel G. Mesthene

      57 Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals, with the Author’s 2000 Retrospective 693
      John McDermott

      58 Democratic Rationalization: Technology, Power, and Freedom 706
      Andrew Feenberg

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