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Animal constructions and technological knowledge / Ashley Shew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shew, Ashley, 1983- author.
- Series:
- Postphenomenology and the philosophy of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tool use in animals.
- Technology--Philosophy.
- Technology.
- Animal intelligence.
- Animal behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Animal studies literature and its public consumption have sparked interest in questions about humanity. Most scholars use these studies to sort out how we should regard other creatures and how we should understand ourselves in light of their capacities. Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge offers something a little different, investigating the conceptual limits of tool use and technology through the lens of technological knowledge. Making sense of animal studies can be tricky because of long-held and culturally pervasive beliefs and messages about human triumph over nature (where animals are considered to be part of nature). This book considers animal tool use, techniques, and construction within the context of theories about what constitutes technology and what constitutes knowledge. With reference to an engaging variety of animal case studies-primarily from research on apes, dolphins, and crows-Ashley Shew shows how concepts from philosophy of technology can be used to make better sense of animal cases. These animal cases also help to refine our philosophical concepts, creating more careful distinctions and uniting different accounts of technological knowledge. This discussion will be of particular value to philosophers of technology, but students and scholars in animal studies and engineering studies will also find much of interest. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Humans thinking about other animals
- Technological knowledge
- Ape and primate cases
- Cetaceans
- Birds
- Spiderwebs, beaver dams, and other contrast cases
- Human bias and technological knowledge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Shew, Ashley, 1983- author. Animal constructions and technological knowledge
- ISBN:
- 9781498543125
- 149854312X
- Publisher Number:
- 99974011261
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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