Overview

This text examines the relations between science, technology and culture; introducing basic concepts in ethics, and in the philosophy of science and technology. Some of the issues raised include facts, values, efficiency, instrumental rationality, pure and applied science, culture, politics and moral responsibility. The authors reveal not only the embeddedness of technologies in cultures, but also the distinctive ways in which modern technology is embedded in the cultures of Western industrialized countries.

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Author:   Hans Oberdiek ,  Mary Tiles
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415071017

ISBN 10:   0415071011
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 November 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Conflicting Visions of Technology; Chapter 2 Facts, Values and Efficiency; Chapter 3 Science, Scientific Method and the Authority of Experts; Chapter 4 From Applied Science to Technoscience; Chapter 5 Technology, Culture and Politics; Chapter 6 Plant Breeding and the Politics of Hunger; Chapter 7 Who’s Responsible for this Mess?;

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Living in a Technological Culture is intended to serve as an introduction to the philosophy of technology, and as such could well serve as a suitable course text.. <br>- Science, Technology & Society, Summer 1996 <br>

Living in a Technological Culture is intended to serve as an introduction to the philosophy of technology, and as such could well serve as a suitable course text.. - Science, Technology & Society, Summer 1996

Living in a Technological Culture is intended to serve as an introduction to the philosophy of technology, and as such could well serve as a suitable course text.. - Science, Technology & Society, Summer 1996

Author Information

Mary Tiles is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii; she is the author of various books including Bachelard: Science and Objectivity (1984); An Introduction to Historical Epistemology with Jim Tiles (1993) and Mathematics and the Image of Reason (1991), which is published by Routledge. Hans Oberdiek is Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

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