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Philosophy of Technology

The Technological Condition: An Anthology
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The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary.
_ Remains the most comprehensive anthology on the philosophy of technology available
_ Includes editors' insightful section introductions and critical summaries for each selection
_ Revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field
_ Combines difficult to find seminal essays with a judicious selection of contemporary material
_ Examines the relationship between technology and the understanding of the nature of science that underlies technology studies
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-118-54725-0
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date31/01/2014
Edition2 ed
SeriesBlackwell Philosophy Anthologies
Pages736 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 195 mm, Height 246 mm, Thickness 34 mm
Weight1388 g
Article no.15610273
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.15643150
Product groupPhilosophie
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Robert C. Scharff is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of Comte After Positivism (1995; 2002) and the former editor of Continental Philosophy Review (1995-2005). He publishes on 19th- and 20th-century Continental philosophy (especially Dilthey, Heidegger, and the hermeneutics of science), the history of positivism (especially Comte and Mill, and the connection between classical positivism and recent analytic philosophy), and the philosophy of technology. He is currently finishing a book manuscript, "How History Matters to Philosophy" and a collection of essays on Heidegger and technology, and editing a Blackwell Guidebook Series volume on Heidegger's Being and Time.Val Dusek is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. His research focuses on the history and philosophy of science and technology, with a particular interest in the social factors influencing scientific and technological development. He has written on non-mainstream philosophical influences (Asiatic, hermetic, romantic) on the history of electro-magnetic theory. His numerous publications include Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006) and co-editorship of the first edition of this volume.

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