Philosophy and Technology

Name: Philosophy and Technology
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ISBN: 9780521558167

ISBN-10: 0521558166

ISBN-13: 9780521558167

Edition: 1995

Authors: Roger Fellows

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This collection of essays examines the philosophical and cultural aspects of technology. The issues range widely from quantum technology to problems of technology and culture in a developing country.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/14/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Introduction




Technology: liberation or enslavement?




Do the successes of technology evidence the truth of theories?




Instruments and reality: the case of terrestrial magnetism and the Northern Lights




Realism and progress: why scientists should be realists




Quantum technology: where to look for the quantum measurements problem




Welcome to Wales: Searle on the computational theory of mind




Acts, omissions and keeping patients alive in a persistent vegetative state




Technology and culture in a developing country




Art and technology




Tools, machines and marvels




Values, means and ends




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