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Jump to: navigation, search The philosophy of technology is a philosophical field dedicated to studying the nature of technology and its social effects.
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1 History o 1.1 19th century development o 1.2 20th century development o 1.3 Contemporary philosophy o 1.4 Technology and neutrality 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links o 5.1 Journals o 5.2 Websites
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Considered under the rubric of the Greek term techne (art, or craft knowledge), the philosophy of technology goes to the very roots of Western philosophy.
In his Republic, Plato sees techne as the basis for the philosophers' proper rule in the city. In the Nicomachean Ethics (Book 6), Aristotle describes techne as one of the four ways that we can know about the world. The Stoics argued that virtue is a kind of techne based upon a proper understanding of the universe.
century philosophy of technology, were constituted around the ideas of Benjamin Franklin and Karl Marx.[citation needed]
Critique of technology Ethics of technology History of technology Industrial sociology List of philosophers of technology Philosophy of engineering Technological evolution Theories of technology
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1. ^ * Ernst Kapp: Grundlinien einer Philosophie der Technik. Zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Cultur aus neuen Gesichtspunkten (Braunschweig/Brunswick 1877, Reprint Dsseldorf 1978, Engl. Translation Chicago 1978). 2. ^ # The Outdatedness of Human Beings 1. On the Soul in the Era of the Second Industrial Revolution. 1956 # The Outdatedness of Human Beings 2. On the Destruction of Life in the Era of the Third Industrial Revolution. 3. ^ Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 1958. 4. ^ Techn Vol 7 No 1
Joseph Agassi (1985) Technology: Philosophical and Social Aspects, Episteme, Dordrecht: Kluwer. ISBN 90-277-2044-4. Hans Achterhuis (2001) American Philosophy of Technology Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33903-4 Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen and Evan Selinger (2006) Philosophy of Technology: 5 Questions. New York: Automatic Press / VIP. website Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen and Vincent F. Hendricks (2009) A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology. Wiley-Blackwell. [1] ISBN 978-1-40514601-2 Borgmann, Albert (1984) Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06628-8 Drengson, A. (1995). The Practice of Technology: Exploring Technology, Ecophilosophy, and Spiritual Disciplines for Vital Links, State University of New York Press, ISBN 079142670X. Dusek, V. (2006). Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 1405111631. Ellul, Jacques (1964), The Technological Society. Vintage Books. Michael Eldred (2000) 'Capital and Technology: Marx and Heidegger', Left Curve No.24, May 2000 ISSN 0160-1857 (Ver. 3.0 2010). Original German edition Kapital und Technik: Marx und Heidegger, Roell Verlag, Dettelbach, 2000 117 pp. ISBN 3-89754171-8.
Michael Eldred (2009) 'Critiquing Feenberg on Heidegger's Aristotle and the Question Concerning Technology'. Feenberg, Andrew (1999) Questioning Technology. Routledge Press. ISBN 978-0-41519754-0 Ferre, F. (1995). Philosophy of Technology,University of Georgia Press, ISBN 0820317616. Green,Lelia (2001) Technoculture: From Alphabet to Cybersex. Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest pp 120. Heidegger, Martin (1977) The Question Concerning Technology. Harper and Row. Hickman, Larry (1992) John Dewey's Pragmatic Technology. Indiana University Press. Eric Higgs, Andrew Light and David Strong. (2000). Technology and the Good Life. Chicago University Press. Christoph Hubig, Alois Huning, Gnter Ropohl (2000) Nachdenken ber Technik. Die Klassiker der Technikphilosophie. Berlin: edition sigma. 2nd ed. 2001. Huesemann, M.H., and J.A. Huesemann (2011). Technofix: Why Technology Wont Save Us or the Environment, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, ISBN 0865717044, 464 pp. Ihde, D. (1998). Philosophy of Technology, Paragon House, ISBN 1557782733. David M. Kaplan, ed. (2004) Readings in the Philosophy of Technology. Rowman & Littlefield. Nicole C. Karafyllis, Tilmann Haar (Ed.) (2004) Technikphilosophie im Aufbruch. Festschrift fr Gnter Ropohl. Berlin: edition sigma. Manuel de Landa War in the Age of Intelligent Machines. (1991). Zone Books. ISBN 978-0-942299-75-5. Levinson, Paul (1988) Mind at Large: Knowing in the Technological Age. JAI Press. Lyotard, Jean-Franois (1984) The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. University of Minnesota Press. McLuhan, Marshall. o The Gutenberg Galaxy. (1962). Mentor. o Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. (1964). McGraw Hill. Mitcham, Carl. (1994). Thinking Through Technology. University of Chicago Press. Nechvatal, Joseph (2009) Towards an Immersive Intelligence: Essays on the Work of Art in the Age of Computer Technology and Virtual Reality (19932006). Edgewise Press. Nechvatal, Joseph (2009) Immersive Ideals / Critical Distances. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. Nye, David. (2006). Technology Matters. The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-64067-1 Marshall Poe. (2011) A History of Communications. Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-107-00435-1 Scharff, Robert C. and Val Dusek eds. (2003). Philosophy of Technology: The Technological Condition. An Anthology. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-22219-4 Seemann, Kurt. (2003). Basic Principles in Holistic Technology Education. Journal of Technology Education, V14.No.2. Simondon, Gilbert. o Du mode d'existence des objets techniques. (1958). (French) o L'individu et sa gense physico-biologique (l'individuation la lumire des notions de forme et d'information), (1964). Paris PUF (French)
Stiegler, Bernard, (1998). Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus. Stanford University Press. Winner, Langdon. (1977). Autonomous Technology. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-230780 Anthonie Meijers, ed. (2009). Philosophy of technology and engineering sciences. Handbook of the Philosophy of Science. 9. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-51667-1.
Ends and Means NetFuture - Technology and Human Responsibility Techn: Research in Philosophy and Technology
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Philosophy of Technology entry by Maarten Franssen, Gert-Jan Lokhorst, Ibo van de Poel in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Society for Philosophy and Technology Essays on the Philosophy of Technology compiled by Frank Edler [dead link] Filozofia techniki: problematyka, nurty, trudnoci Rafal Lizut