Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture - Putting Pragmatism to Work

This original, timely, and accessible work will be of interest to readers seeking a deeper understanding of the meanings and consequences of technology in today's world.

List of contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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 Life-Long Curriculum

6. Literacy, Mediacy, and Technological Determinism

7. Populism and the Cult of the Expert

8. Hope, Salvation, and Responsibility

9. The Next Technological Revolution

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Summary

A practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture.

Product details

• Authors: Larry Hickman, Larry A. Hickman
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2001
• EAN: 9780253214447
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21444-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 374 g
• Illustrations: 1 bibliog., 1 index
• Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology; Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology; Indiana Series in the Philosop; Philosophy of Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day