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Author(s): Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen, Vincent F. Hendricks
ISBN(s): 9781405146012, 140514601X
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Year: 2009
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ISBN 10:  140514601X 

ISBN 13: 978-1405146012

Author:  Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen, Vincent F. Hendricks
Drawing on essays from leading international and multi-disciplinary scholars, A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive and authoritative reference source to cover the key issues of technology’s impact on society and our lives.

  • Presents the first complete, authoritative reference work in the field
  • Organized thematically for use both as a full introduction to the field or an encyclopedic reference
  • Draws on original essays from leading interdisciplinary scholars
  • Features the most up-to-date and cutting edge research in the interdisciplinary fields of philosophy, technology, and their broader intellectual environments

Table of contents: 

PART I. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

  1. History of Technology – Thomas J. Misa

  2. Definitions of Technology – Richard Li-Hua

  3. Western Technology – Keld Nielsen

  4. Chinese Technology – Francesca Bray

  5. Islamic Technology – Thomas F. Glick

  6. Japanese Technology – David Wittner

  7. Technology and War – Bart Hacker

PART II. TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE

  1. Technology and Science – Don Ihde

  2. Science and Technology: Positivism and Critique – Hans Radder

  3. Engineering Science – Louis L. Bucciarelli

  4. Technological Knowledge – Anthonie W. M. Meijers & Marc J. de Vries

  5. The Interplay between Science and Technology – Bart Gremmen

  6. Instruments in Science and Technology – Mieke Boon

  7. Social Construction of Science – Harry Collins

  8. Social Construction of Technology – Wiebe E. Bijker

  9. Theory Change and Instrumentation – Joseph C. Pitt

  10. Biology and Technology – Keekok Lee

  11. Nuclear Technologies – William J. Nuttall

  12. Engineering Design – Peter Kroes

  13. Cybernetics – Andrew Pickering

  14. Chemistry and Technology – Helge S. Kragh

PART III. TECHNOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY

  1. Introduction: Philosophy and Technology – Val Dusek

  2. Semiotics of Technology – Robert E. Innis

  3. Critical Theory of Technology – Andrew Feenberg

  4. Cyborgs – Evan Selinger

  5. Simulation – Evan Selinger

  6. Technology as “Applied Science” – Robert C. Scharff

  7. Technological Artifacts – Peter-Paul Verbeek & Pieter E. Vermaas

  8. Technical Practice – Bart Gremmen

  9. Technological Pragmatism – Larry Hickman

  10. Hermeneutics and Technologies – Don Ihde

  11. Analytic Philosophy of Technology – Maarten Franssen

  12. Technological Rationality – Lorenzo C. Simpson

  13. Phenomenology and Technology – Iain Thomson

  14. Expertise – Evan Selinger

  15. Imaging Technologies – Don Ihde

  16. The Critique of the Precautionary Principle and the Possibility for an “Enlightened Doomsaying” – Jean-Pierre Dupuy

  17. Technology and Metaphysics – Jean-Pierre Dupuy

  18. Large Technical Systems – Erik van der Vleuten

  19. Sociotechnical Systems – Maarten Franssen & Peter Kroes

  20. Information Technology – Luciano Floridi

PART IV. TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

  1. Technology and Environment – Mary Tiles

  2. The Precautionary Principle – Andy Stirling

  3. Boundary-Work, Pluralism and the Environment – Jozef Keulartz

  4. Global Warming – Sir John Houghton

  5. The Reinvention of CO₂ as Refrigerant for Both Heating and Cooling – Jan Hurlen

  6. Environmental Science and Technology – Mary Tiles

  7. Agriculture and Technology – John R. Porter & Jesper Rasmussen

  8. The Built Environment – Christian Illies

PART V. TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS

  1. Technology and Politics – Evan Selinger

  2. The Idea of Progress – Daniel Sarewitz

  3. Technology and Power – Daniel Sarewitz

  4. Technology and Culture – Lucien Scubla

  5. Technology Management – Richard Li-Hua

  6. Technology Strategy – Richard Li-Hua

  7. Technology and Globalization – David M. Kaplan

  8. Technology Transfer – Evan Selinger

  9. Technology and Capitalism – David M. Kaplan

  10. The Politics of Gender and Technology – Elisabeth K. Kelan

  11. European Politics, Economy and Technology – Erik Jones

  12. Asian Politics, Economy and Technology – Keekok Lee

  13. US Politics, Economy and Technology – David M. Hart

  14. Energy, Technology and Geopolitics – John R. Fanchi

PART VI. TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS

  1. Technology and Ethics: Overview – Carl Mitcham & Katinka Waelbers

  2. Agriculture Ethics – David M. Kaplan

  3. Architecture Ethics – Warwick A. Fox

  4. Biomedical Engineering Ethics – Philip Brey

  5. Bioethics – Paul B. Thomson

  6. Biotechnology: Plants and Animals – Bart Gremmen

  7. Computer Ethics – Philip Brey

  8. Consumerism – Edward J. Woodhouse

  9. Development Ethics – Thomas Kesselring

  10. Energy Ethics – Kirsten Halsnæs

  11. Engineering Ethics – Christelle Didier

  12. Environmental Ethics – Thomas Søbirk Petersen

  13. Food Ethics – David M. Kaplan

  14. Future Generations – Jesper Ryberg

  15. Genethics – Nils Holtug

  16. Technology and the Law – Richard Susskind

  17. Media Ethics – Deni Elliott

  18. Medical Ethics – Søren Holm

  19. Nanoethics – John Weckert

  20. Nuclear Ethics – Koos van der Bruggen

  21. Religion and Technology – Carl Mitcham

  22. Technology and Personal Moral Responsibility – Jesper Ryberg

  23. Value-Sensitive Design – Jeroen van der Hoven & Noemi Manders-Huits

PART VII. TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE

  1. Technology, Prosperity and Risk – Sven Ove Hansson

  2. World Risk Society – Ulrich Beck

  3. Risk Analysis – Sven Ove Hansson

  4. Prosperity and the Future of Technology – William Sims Bainbridge

  5. Converging Technologies – William Sims Bainbridge

  6. Nanotechnology – Alfred Nordmann

  7. Energy Forecast Technologies – John R. Fanchi

  8. Biotechnology – Jennifer Kuzma

  9. Transportation – Jonathan L. Gifford

  10. Global Challenges – Jennifer Kuzma

  11. Chemicals – Bruce E. Johansen

  12. The Future of Humanity – Nick Bostrom

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