Technology and the Changing Face of Humanity

Informationen zum Autor Richard Feist is dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. Chantal Beauvais is professor of philosophy at Saint Paul University. Rajesh Shukla is assistant professor of philosophy at Saint Paul University. Klappentext A philosophical examination of technology's growing influence. This pioneering collection explores the relationship between technology and free will. Rejecting the notion of technology as a neutral addition to our lives, the contributors examine the type and degree of our society's technological dependence. Technology is revealed as something from which we have, and will continue to have, difficulty separating ourselves, both as individuals and as a society. Without articulating a purely deterministic perspective, this collection illuminates the powerful influence technology has on our world and our perception of it. Zusammenfassung A philosophical examination of technology's influence. It explores the relationship between technology and free will. Rejecting the notion of technology as a neutral addition to our lives! it also examines the type and degree of our society's technological dependence.

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• Authors: Richard Feist
• Assisted by: Chantal Beauvais (Editor), Richard Feist (Editor), Rajesh Shukla (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 15 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2009
• EAN: 9780776607160
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-0716-0
• Series: Philosophica; Philosophica (Unnumbered); Philosophica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works