| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 392 pages) |
| Contents |
Borgmann's philosophy of technology / David Strong and Eric Higgs -- Philosophy of technology : retrospective and prospective views / Paul T. Durbin -- Focal things and focal practices / Lawrence Haworth -- Technology and nostalgia / Gordon G. Brittan Jr. -- Focaltechnics, pragmatechnics, and the reform of technology / Larry Hickman -- Borgmann's Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen : on the prepolitical conditions of a politics of place / Andrew Light -- On character and technology / Carl Mitcham -- The moving image : between devices and things / Phillip R. Fandozzi -- Farming as focal practice / Paul B. Thompson -- Design and the reform of technology : venturing out into the open / Jesse S. Tatum -- Nature by design / Eric Higgs -- Technological ethics in a different voice / Diane P. Michelfelder -- Crossing the postmodern divide with Borgmann, or adventures in cyberspace / Douglas Kellner -- Technology and temporal ambiguity / Mora Campbell -- Trapped in consumption : modern social structure and the entrenchment of the device / Thomas Michael Power -- From essentialism to constructivism : philosophy of technology at the crossroads / Andrew Feenberg -- Philosophy in the service of things / David Strong -- Reply to my critics / Albert Borgmann |
| Summary |
'Technology and the Good Life?' uses a careful collective analysis of Albert Borgmann's controversial and influential ideas as a jumping-off point from which to address questions about the role and significance of technology in our lives. Contributors both sympathetic and critical examine Borgmann's work, especially his 'device paradigm'; apply his theories to new areas such as film, agriculture, design, and ecological restoration; and consider the place of his thought within philosophy and technology studies more generally |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Technology -- Philosophy.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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Technology -- Philosophy
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Technology -- Social aspects
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Technologie.
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Filosofie.
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Sociale aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Higgs, Eric, 1958-
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Light, Andrew, 1966-
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Strong, David, 1955-
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| LC no. |
00008237 |
| ISBN |
9780226333885 |
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0226333884 |
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1283058251 |
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9781283058254 |
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9786613058256 |
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6613058254 |
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