A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology
A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology
Edited by
Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen and
Vincent F. Hendricks
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A companion to the philosophy of technology / edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen, and Vincent F. Hendricks.
p. cm. -- (Blackwell companions to philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-4601-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Technology?Philosophy. I. Olsen, Jan Kyrre Berg. II. Pedersen, Stig Andur, 1943? III. Hendricks, Vincent F. IV. Title. V. Series.
T14.C5745 2009 601--dc22
2008044192
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Contents
Notes on Contributors
xi
Introduction
1
Part I History of Technology
5
1 History of Technology
7
Thomas J. Misa
2 Definitions of Technology
18
Richard Li-Hua
3 Western Technology
23
Keld Nielsen
4 Chinese Technology
28
Francesca Bray
5 Islamic Technology
32
Thomas F. Glick
6 Japanese Technology
37
David Wittner
7 Technology and War
43
Bart Hacker
Part II Technology and Science
49
8 Technology and Science
51
Don Ihde
9 Science and Technology: Positivism and Critique
61
Hans Radder
10 Engineering Science
66
Louis L. Bucciarelli
v
contents
11 Technological Knowledge
70
Anthonie W. M. Meijers and Marc J. de Vries
12 The Interplay between Science and Technology
75
Bart Gremmen
13 Instruments in Science and Technology
78
Mieke Boon
14 Social Construction of Science
84
Harry Collins
15 Social Construction of Technology
88
Wiebe E. Bijker
16 Theory Change and Instrumentation
95
Joseph C. Pitt
17 Biology and Technology
99
Keekok Lee
18 Nuclear Technologies
104
William J. Nuttall
19 Engineering Design
112
Peter Kroes
20 Cybernetics
118
Andrew Pickering
21 Chemistry and Technology
123
Helge S. Kragh
Part III Technology and Philosophy
129
22 Introduction: Philosophy and Technology
131
Val Dusek
23 Semiotics of Technology
141
Robert E. Innis
24 Critical Theory of Technology
146
Andrew Feenberg
25 Cyborgs
154
Evan Selinger
26 Simulation
157
Evan Selinger
27 Technology as "Applied Science"
160
Robert C. Scharff
28 Technological Artifacts
165
Peter-Paul Verbeek and Pieter E. Vermaas
vi
29 Technical Practice Bart Gremmen
30 Technological Pragmatism Larry Hickman
31 Hermeneutics and Technologies Don Ihde
32 Analytic Philosophy of Technology Maarten Franssen
33 Technological Rationality Lorenzo C. Simpson
34 Phenomenology and Technology Iain Thomson
35 Expertise Evan Selinger
36 Imaging Technologies Don Ihde
37 The Critique of the Precautionary Principle and the Possibility for an "Enlightened Doomsaying" Jean-Pierre Dupuy
38 Technology and Metaphysics Jean-Pierre Dupuy
39 Large Technical Systems Erik van der Vleuten
40 Sociotechnical Systems Maarten Franssen and Peter Kroes
41 Information Technology Luciano Floridi
Part IV Technology and Environment
42 Technology and Environment Mary Tiles
43 The Precautionary Principle Andy Stirling
44 Boundary-work, Pluralism and the Environment Jozef Keulartz
45 Global Warming Sir John Houghton
contents 172 175 180 184 189 195 202 205
210 214 218 223 227
233 235 248 263 270
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