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1 online resource (vi, 336 pages) |
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Philosophy of engineering and technology ; volume 43 |
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Philosophy of engineering and technology ; v. 43.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Pathways in the Philosophy of Technology in the Portuguese-Speaking Community -- References -- Part I: Modern Technology and Aporias of Progress -- Chapter 2: António Sérgio: Critical Rationalism and Technology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Philosophy that Advocates Experientialism -- 2.3 Democracy and Technical Expertise -- 2.4 A Dialogical and Personalistic Neo-Kantian Ethics -- 2.5 Mankind and the Machine in the Time of Industry and the First World War -- 2.6 Cooperativism and the Age of Abundance |
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2.7 A Humanistic and Unitary View of Development -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Sérgio, A. (1915). A opinião pública americana perante a Guerra. A Águia, 2ª série, vol. 7, 46−48. -- Other References -- Chapter 3: The God of Artefacts: Vico's Principle and Technology -- 3.1 Vico's Principle -- 3.2 Vico's Principle After Vico in Sociological Thought -- 3.2.1 Sorel and "Artificial Nature" -- 3.2.2 Bachelard and the Principle of Sufficient Construction -- 3.2.3 Dewey: A Promethean |
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3.3 The Limits of Vico's Principle in Technology: Brief Considerations on the Epistemology and Ontology of Technology -- 3.4 Ultra-Technology -- References -- Chapter 4: Technique, Readiness-to-Hand and Development -- 4.1 The Concept of Readiness-to-Hand: The World as Given and the World as Made -- 4.2 Industrialization and Knowledge of the World -- 4.3 Overcoming Underdevelopment by the Accumulation of Work -- 4.4 The Philosophy of Technique: The Inertia of Technique, and Technique as Invention -- Chapter 5: Three Essays on Technique, the Artificial and the New Human |
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5.1 The Living and the Artificial -- 5.2 Towards the New Man -- 5.3 Technique as Argument -- Chapter 6: Technology and the Lifeworld in Miguel Baptista Pereira -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Biographical Notes and Main Works -- 6.3 Aspects of Technology in Miguel Baptista Pereira's Thought -- 6.4 Final Notes -- References -- Miguel Baptista Pereira's Essays -- Other References -- Chapter 7: Amílcar Cabral: Agriculture, Technology and Colonialism -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Power of the Rains and Soil Erosion |
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7.3 Property Rights and Soil Erosion: The Agrarian Problem in a Centre-South Region of Portugal -- 7.4 Western Power and Black African Tradition: The Adverse Impact on Soil Erosion of the Peanut Crop and Mechanization -- 7.5 Agriculture in the Politician's Discourse -- 7.6 Conclusion -- References -- Amílcar Cabral's Works -- Other References -- Part II: Technology, Risk and Values -- Chapter 8: Riscophrenia: The Risk Fallacy and the Repression of Uncertainty -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 From Uncertainty to Risk (and Back Again) -- 8.3 Measurement as Abracadabra and Calculating Reason |
| Summary |
This volume is a collection of essays of a philosophical nature on the subject of technology, introducing authors from the Portuguese-speaking community, namely from Portugal itself, Africa and Brazil. Their contributions detail a unique perspective on technology, placing this important topic within the historical, ideological and social contexts of their countries, all of which share a common language. The shared history of these countries and the cultural and economic specificities of each one have stimulated singular insights into these thinkers reflections. The essays are thematically diverse. Among the topics covered are technogenic knowledge, visions of technology, risks and uncertainties, mediatization, digitalization, and datafication, engineering practice and ethics, alternative technoscientific strategies, ontotechnologies of the body, virtual and archive. The contributions also explore other themes that are more closely related to the semi-peripheral world, such as technological dependence and the incorporation of Western technology into the social structure of ancestral communities. This book appeals to students and researchers and provides a voice to authors whose work are not usually available in English-language publications. It serves as an ideal guide for all those who seek rigorous and geographically widespread knowledge regarding thinking on technology in several Portuguese-speaking countries |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 9, 2022) |
| Subject |
Technology -- Portuguese-speaking countries -- Philosophy
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Technology -- Philosophy
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Portuguese-speaking countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jerónimo, Helena Mateus, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031146305 |
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3031146301 |
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