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Elements of a philosophy of technology : on the evolutionary history of culture / Ernst Kapp ; edited by Jeffrey West Kirkwood and Leif Weatherby ; translated by Lauren K. Wolfe ; afterword by Siegfried Zielinski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kapp, Ernst, 1808-1896, author.
- Series:
- Posthumanities ; 47.
- Posthumanities ; 47
- Standardized Title:
- Grundlinien einer Philosophie der Technik. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Philosophy.
- Technology.
- Inventions--Social aspects.
- Inventions.
- Human mechanics--Philosophy.
- Human mechanics.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xliii, 309 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- The anthropological scale
- Organ projection
- The first tools
- Limbs and measure
- Apparatuses and instruments
- The inner architecture of the bones
- Steam engines and rail lines
- The electromagnetic telegraph
- The unconscious
- Machine technology
- The fundamental morphological law
- Language
- The state.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Grundlinien einer Philosophie der Technik.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kapp, Ernst, 1808-1896. Elements of a philosophy of technology.
- ISBN:
- 9781517902254
- 1517902258
- 9781517902261
- 1517902266
- OCLC:
- 1031042728
- Publisher Number:
- 99979074595
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