Living in a Technological Culture: Human Tools and Human Values (Philosophical Issues in Science) - Hardcover

Oberdiek, Hans; Tiles, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415071003 ISBN 13: 9780415071000

Verlag: Routledge, 1995

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Book by Oberdiek Hans Tiles Mary

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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.." -" Science, Technology & Society, Summer 1996

Reseña del editor:

Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control.
Living in a Technological Culture challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are determined by politics rather than scientific inquiry.
By questioning our existing uses of technology, this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now. As an introduction to the philosophy of technology this will be valuable to students, but will be equally engaging for the general reader.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415071003
• ISBN 13: 9780415071000
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224