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Philosophy of technology: An introduction. Val Dusek.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Malden, MA ; Oxford Blackwell Pub., 2006.Description: v, 244 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1405111623 (hc. : alk. paper)
  • 1405111631 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781405111621
  • 9781405111638
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 601 22
LOC classification:
  • T 14 .D86 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Philosophy of science and technology -- What is technology? : defining or characterizing technology -- Technocracy -- Rationality, technological rationality, and reason -- Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and technology -- Technological determinism -- Autonomous technology -- Human nature : tool-making or language? -- Women, feminism, and technology -- Non-western technology and local knowledge -- Anti-technology : romanticism, Luddism, and the ecology movement -- Social constructionism and actor-network theory.
Item type: General circulation books
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General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks Non-fiction T 14 .D86 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C2 Available 2014-6572
General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks Non-fiction T 14 .D86 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C1 Available 2014-6447

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-233) and index.

Philosophy of science and technology -- What is technology? : defining or characterizing technology -- Technocracy -- Rationality, technological rationality, and reason -- Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and technology -- Technological determinism -- Autonomous technology -- Human nature : tool-making or language? -- Women, feminism, and technology -- Non-western technology and local knowledge -- Anti-technology : romanticism, Luddism, and the ecology movement -- Social constructionism and actor-network theory.

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