Philosophy of technology
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Val Dusek.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781405111621; 9781405111638
Subjects: Technology -- Philosophy.
Description: "Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction guides readers through the core philosophical issues raised by technology's increasingly ubiquitous and powerful presence in society and our daily lives. Considering first the question of what technology is, Val Dusek goes on to address a wide range of concerns, including technocracy, technological rationality, technological determinism, and varieties of resistance to technology, Study questions at the end of each chapter provide the necessary tools to critically examine the nature of technology and its impact on our lives." "Ideal for undergraduate students in philosophy and science studies, Philosophy of Technology offers a comprehensive overview of a subject vital to our time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philosophy of science and technology; title: What is technology? Defining or characterizing technology; title: Technocracy; title: Rationality, technological rationality, and reason; title: Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and technology; title: Technological determinism and autonomous technology; title: Autonomous technology; title: Human nature: tool-making or language?; title: Women, feminism, and technology; title: Non-western technology and local knowledge; title: Anti-technology: romanticism, Luddism, and the ecology movement; title: Social constructionism and actor-network theory.