Philosophy and Technology

Zusammenfassung This collection of essays examines the philosophical and cultural aspects of technology. The issues range widely - from quantum technology to problems of technology and culture in a developing country and contributors approach the issues from a variety of perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Roger Fellows; 2. Technology: liberation or enslavement? David E. Cooper; 3. Do the successes of technology evidence the truth of theories? Michael Smithurst; 4. Instruments and reality: the case of terrestrial magnetism and the Northern Lights Willem Hackman; 5. Realism and progress: why scientists should be realists Robin Findlay Hendry; 6. Quantum technology: where to look for the quantum measurements problem Nancy Cartwright; 7. Welcome to Wales: Searle on the computational theory of mind Roger Fellows; 8. Acts, omissions and keeping patients alive in a persistent vegetative state Sophie Botris; 9. Technology and culture in a developing country Kwame Gyekye; 10. Art and technology Anthony O'Hear; 11. Tools, machines and marvels Stephen R. L. Clark; 12. Values, means and ends Robert Grant; 13. Question time Renford Bambrough.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roger Fellows, Roger (University of Bradford) Fellows, Fellows Roger
• Mitarbeit: Roger Fellows (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.12.1995
• EAN: 9780521558167
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55816-7
• Seiten: 212
• Serie: Royal Institute of Philosophy
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Allgemeines, Lexika