Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology / Bas de Boer, Jochem Zwier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Bas de, author.

Zwier, Jochem, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Philosophy.

Technological innovations.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 288 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

Our contemporary world is undeniably intertwined with technology, influencing every aspect of human life. This edited volume delves into why modern philosophical approaches to technology closely align with phenomenology and explores the implications of this relationship. Over the past two decades, scholars have emphasized users' lived experiences and their interactions with technological practices, arguing that technologies gain meaning and shape within specific contexts, actively shaping those contexts in return. This book investigates the phenomenological roots of contemporary philosophy of technology, examining how phenomenology informs analyses of temporality, use, cognition, embodiment, and environmentality.Divided into three sections, the volume begins by exploring the role of phenomenological methods in the philosophy of technology, and further investigates the methodological implications of combining phenomenology with other philosophical schools. The second section examines technology as a phenomenon, debating whether it should be analysed as a whole or through individual artifacts. The final section addresses the practical applications of phenomenological insights in design practices and democratic engagement.By offering a systematic exploration of the connection between phenomenology and technology, this volume provides valuable insights for scholars, students, and researchers in related fields, highlighting the continued relevance of phenomenological perspectives in understanding our technologically mediated world.

Contents:

Intro

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About the Contributors

Introduction: Articulating the Phenomenological Legacy of the Philosophy of Technology

Jochem Zwier and Bas de Boer

Part I

The Phenomenological Method in the Philosophy of Technology

1. Ecological Hermeneutic Phenomenology: A Method to Explore the Ontic and Ontological Structures of Technologies in the World

Vincent Blok

2. Towards a Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Technology

Alberto Romele 3. The Institution of Technology

Darian Meacham

Part II

The Phenomenon of Technology

4. The Activist Potential of Postmodern Phenomenology of Technology

Robert Rosenberger

5. Technological Mediation without Empirical Borders

Martin Ritter

6. Seeing the Phenomenon: The Radical Disembodiment of In Vitro Human Reproduction

Dana S. Belu

7. Artificial Intelligence and the Need to Redefine Human Traits

Galit Wellner

Part III

Phenomenology and Technological Practices

8. Nothing in Practice: Entanglements of Sartre's Nothingness and Social Media Practice Annie Kurz

9. Attending to the Online Other: A Phenomenology of Attention on Social Media Platforms

Lavinia Marin

10. Three Embodied Dimensions of Communication: Phenomenological Lessons for and from the Field of Augmented and Alternative Communication Technology

Janna van Grunsven, Bouke van Balen, and Caroline Bollen

Epilogue

List of Figures

Index.

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