Philosophical tools for technological culture [electronic resource] : putting pragmatism to work

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickman, Larry A.

Series:

The Indiana series in the philosophy of technology Philosophical tools for technological culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Pragmatism.

Local Subjects:

Technology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Hickman['s]... style of pragmatism provides us with flexible, philosophical 'tools' which can be used to analyze and penetrate various technology and technological cultural problems of the present. He, himself, uses this toolkit to make his analyses and succeeds very well indeed."" -- Don IhdeA practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture.Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture contends that technology

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Philosophy in a High-Tech World; 1. Tuning Up Technology; 2. Technology and Community Life; 3. Productive Pragmatism, Critical Theory, and Agape; 4. Art, Technoscience, and Social Action; 5. Technoscience Education for a Lifelong Curriculum; 6. Literacy, Mediacy, and Technological Determinism; 7. Populism and the Cult of the Expert; 8. Hope, Salvation, and Responsibilit y; 9. The Next Technological Revolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-06611-0

0-253-10864-0

OCLC:

56612689