Technology and the good life? / edited by Eric Higgs, Andrew Light, and David Strong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higgs, Eric, 1958-

Light, Andrew, 1966-

Strong, David, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Technology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can we use technology in the pursuit of a good life, or are we doomed to having our lives organized and our priorities set by the demands of machines and systems? How can philosophy help us to make technology a servant rather than a master? Technology and the Good Life? uses a careful collective analysis of Albert Borgmann's controversial and influential ideas as a jumping-off point from which to address questions such as these about the role and significance of technology in our lives. Contributors both sympathetic and critical examine Borgmann's work, especially his "device paradigm"; apply his theories to new areas such as film, agriculture, design, and ecological restoration; and consider the place of his thought within philosophy and technology studies more generally. Because this collection carefully investigates the issues at the heart of how we can take charge of life with technology, it will be a landmark work not just for philosophers of technology but for students and scholars in the many disciplines concerned with science and technology studies.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY 17

1. Borgmann's Philosophy of Technology 19

David Strong and Eric Higgs

2. Philosophy of Technology. Retrospective and

Prospective Views 38

Paul T Durbin

II EVALUATING FOCAL THINGS 51

3. Focal Things and Focal Practices 55

Lawrence Haworth

4. Technology and Nostalgia 70

Gordon G. BrittanJr.

5. Focaltechnics, Pragmatechnics, and the Reform

of Technology 89

Larry Hickman

6. Borgmann's Unzeitgemisse Betrachtungen:

On the Prepolitical Conditions of a Politics of Place 106

Andrew Light

7. On Character and Technology 126

Carl Mitcham

III THEORY IN THE SERVICE OF PRACTICE 149

8. The Moving Image: Between Devices and Things 153

Phillip R. Fandozzi

9. Farming as Focal Practice 166

Paul B. Thompson

10. Design and the Reform of Technology:

Venturing Out into the Open 182

Jesse S. Tatum

11. Nature by Design 195

Eric Higgs

IV EXTENSIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 213

12. Technological Ethics in a Different Voice 219

Diane P Michelfelder

13. Crossing the Postmodern Divide with

Borgmann, or Adventures in Cyberspace 234

Douglas Kellner

14. Technology and Temporal Ambiguity 256

Mora Campbell

15. Trapped in Consumption: Modern Social Structure

and the Entrenchment of the Device 271

Thomas Michael Power

16. From Essentialism to Constructivism: Philosophy of

Technology at the Crossroads 294

Andrew Feenberg

17. Philosophy in the Service of Things 316

David Strong

V POSTSCRIPT 339

18. Reply to My Critics 341

Albert Borgmann

Afterword 371

Index 375.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613058256

9781283058254

1283058251

9780226333885

0226333884

OCLC:

700510394