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Thinking Through Technology The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy

Paperback • 1994 • English • 1. edition

Thinking Through Technology The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy

By Carl Mitcham

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About the book

What does it mean to think about technology philosophically? Why try? These are the issues that Carl Mitcham addresses in this work, a comprehensive, critical introduction to the philosophy of technology and a discussion of its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to our own, Mitcham identifies the most important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach, which assumes the centrality of technology in human life; and th...Show more

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ISBN

9780226531984

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Thinking Through Technology The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy

Format

Paperback

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