Overview

Ideal for professors who want to provide a comprehensive set of the most important readings in the philosophy of technology, from foundational to the cutting edge, this book introduces students to the various ways in which societies, technologies, and environments shape one another. The readings examine the nature of technology as well as the effects of technologies upon human knowledge, activities, societies, and environments. Students will learn to appreciate the ways that philosophy informs our understanding of technology, and to see how technology relates to ethics, politics, nature, human nature, computers, science, food, and animals.

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Author:   David M. Kaplan
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   1.252kg
ISBN:  

9780742564015

ISBN 10:   0742564010
Pages:   602
Publication Date:   16 October 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Philosophical Perspectives Chapter 2 The Question Concerning Technology Chapter 3 Heidegger on Gaining a Free Relation to Technology Chapter 4 *One-Dimensional Man Chapter 5 *John Dewey's Philosophy of Technology Chapter 6 Focal Things and Practices Chapter 7 A Phenomenology of Technics Chapter 8 *Philosophy of Technology Meets Social Constructivism Chapter 9 *Women and the Assessment of Technology Chapter 10 *Design Methodology and the Nature of Technical Artefacts Chapter 11 Democratic Rationalization Chapter 12 A Collective of Humans and Nonhumans Part 13 Technology and Ethics Chapter 14 Technology and Responsibility Chapter 15 *Technology and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights Chapter 16 Technological Ethics in a Different Voice Chapter 17 *NEST-ethics: Patterns of Moral Argumentation about New and Emerging Science and Technology Chapter 18 *Moralizing Technology Part 19 Technology and Politics Chapter 20 Do Artifacts Have Politics? Chapter 21 *The Panopticon Chapter 22 Strong Democracy and Technology Chapter 23 *Bigger Monster: Weaker Chains Chapter 24 *The Constitution in Cyberspace Chapter 25 *Technology Transfer and Globalization Part 26 Technology and Human Nature Chapter 27 *Transhumanist FAQ Chapter 28 Twenty-First Century Bodies Chapter 29 Why Computers May Never Think Like People Chapter 30 *Interactional Expertise and Embodiment Chapter 31 *Genetic Interventions and the Ethics of Human Enhancement Chapter 32 *What's Wrong with Enhancement Technology Part 33 *Technology and Nature Chapter 34 *The Big Lie: Human Restoration of Nature Chapter 35 *Ecological Restoration and the Culture of Nature Chapter 36 *The Brave New World of Animal Biotechnology Chapter 37 *Ethics and Genetically Modified Food Chapter 38 *What's Wrong with Functional Foods? Part 39 Technology and Science Chapter 40 *When Is an Image Not an Image? Chapter 41 Scientific Visualism Chapter 42 *Laboratories Chapter 43 *Scientific Policy and Moral Purity Chapter 44 *Technologies of Humility

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David Kaplan has collected the most important readings in the philosophy of technology from the foundational to the cutting edge, making this new edition essential to anyone interested in the impact technology has on humanity. This book will provide a cornerstone for any course on the philosophical or social impacts of technology. The wealth of readings cover a wide variety of topics, which will allow for many different course designs to flow from this one book. Kaplan also provides lucid and entertaining introductions to each topic that will help situate the readings in their place within the continuing conversation of the proper place technology has in our lives. -- John P. Sullins, Sonoma State University This book is an excellent introduction to 20th and 21st century philosophy of technology. Prof. David Kaplan has collected a variety of classic and contemporary texts defining this fast-growing branch of philosophy and ordered them systematically. What makes this book truly remarkable is that is also offers comprehensive insight into the philosophical work with technology taking place at the moment. This is manifest in text of thinkers such as Sheila Jasanoff, Bruno Latour, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Evan Selinger. -- Soren Riis This book makes it thrilling to teach the philosophy of technology. Its guiding issue is not whether but how technology affects social life, and in what forms. It shows that few of today's pressing social issues, from educational policy to genetically modified foods, can be meaningfully addressed without understanding the philosophy of technology. -- Robert P. Crease, Chairman of the department of philosophy, Stony Brook University

This book is an excellent introduction to 20th and 21st century philosophy of technology. Prof. David Kaplan has collected a variety of classic and contemporary texts defining this fast-growing branch of philosophy and ordered them systematically. What makes this book truly remarkable is that is also offers comprehensive insight into the philosophical work with technology taking place at the moment. This is manifest in text of thinkers such as Sheila Jasanoff, Bruno Latour, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Evan Selinger.--S ren Riis

David Kaplan has collected the most important readings in the philosophy of technology from the foundational to the cutting edge, making this new edition essential to anyone interested in the impact technology has on humanity. This book will provide a cornerstone for any course on the philosophical or social impacts of technology. The wealth of readings cover a wide variety of topics, which will allow for many different course designs to flow from this one book. Kaplan also provides lucid and entertaining introductions to each topic that will help situate the readings in their place within the continuing conversation of the proper place technology has in our lives. -- John P. Sullins, Sonoma State University This book is an excellent introduction to 20th and 21st century philosophy of technology. Prof. David Kaplan has collected a variety of classic and contemporary texts defining this fast-growing branch of philosophy and ordered them systematically. What makes this book truly remarkable is that is also offers comprehensive insight into the philosophical work with technology taking place at the moment. This is manifest in text of thinkers such as Sheila Jasanoff, Bruno Latour, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Evan Selinger. -- Soren Riis, Roskilde University and the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies This book makes it thrilling to teach the philosophy of technology. Its guiding issue is not whether but how technology affects social life, and in what forms. It shows that few of today's pressing social issues, from educational policy to genetically modified foods, can be meaningfully addressed without understanding the philosophy of technology. -- Robert P. Crease, Chairman of the department of philosophy, Stony Brook University

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David M. Kaplan is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of North Texas.

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