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Author:   Carl Mitcham ,  Don MariettaJr. ,  Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino ,  Lester Embree
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   JAI Press Inc.
Volume:   18
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.719kg
ISBN:  

9780762304394

ISBN 10:   0762304391
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   23 September 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

General introduction (C. Mitcham). Philosophies of the Environment and Technology. Introduction (M.P. Banchetti-Robino). After the industrial paradigm, what? (J.B. Callicott). Phil-tech meets eco-phil: the environment (D. Ihde). Green pragmatism: reals without realism, ideals without idealism (L.A. Hickman). Decisions regarding technology: the human factor (D.E. Marietta Jr.). Architecture as environmental philosophy (T. Casey). Hermeneutic technics: the case of nuclear reactors (M.P. Banchetti-Robino). The rebirth of Gaia and the closure of homo technologicus (R. Frodeman). Personal environmental phenomenology, or the examination of electric vehicle technology (L. Embree). On matter and machines: an environmental speculation (F. Ferre). A managed earth and the end of nature? (H. Rolston III). Symposium on Michael Zimmerman's Contesting Earth's Future. Zimmerman on feminism, truth, and objectivity (V. Davion). All in post : on Michael Zimmerman's Contesting Earth's Future (J. Maskit). On Michael Zimmerman's Contesting Earth's Future (S. Vogel). Recognizing the limits of Contesting Earth's Future (M.E. Zimmerman). Review Essays. Critique in communication and philosophy: an emerging dialogue? (C. Ess). Lorenzo Simpson's conversations with technology, modernity, and postmodernity: some critical reflections (D. Kellner). Cyborgs and other machines (M. Nagel). Discussion. Can there be a techno-ethical community? A response to Paul Durbin after After Virtue by Alasdair Macintyre (M. Svoboda). Reviews: Technology, Science, and Culture. Slaves of the machine? (D. Anderson). Birth to death (R. Baergen). Should and are computers replacing workers? (D. Christie). Robert Boyle's unsociable truths (J.G. Edwards). Hitting the outskirts (B. Finken). Time is money (J.M. Fritzman). A journey toward liberation (Y. Goffi). Another angle on STS (J. Hoeg). Thinking video (D. Naaman).

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