New Directions in the Philosophy of Technology - Philosophy and Technology 1995 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction. Discovery, Telescopes, and Progress; J. C. Pitt. Technology and Science-Based Heuristics; P. Kroes. To an Eye in a Fixed Position: Glass, Art, and Vision; E. Wachtel. The Structure of Technological Revolutions and the Gutenberg Myth; S. D. N. Cook. Paradigms and Paraphernalia: On the Relation Between Theory and Technology in Science; D. DeNicola. Technology and Anaximander's Cosmical Imagination: a Case Study for the Influence of Monumental Architecture on the Origins of Western Philosophy/Science; R. Hahn. Technological Values in the Applied Science Laboratory; P. B. Thompson. The Normative Implications of the Configuration of the Applied Sciences: a Comment on Thompson; M. Heyboer. Reply to Heyboer; P. B. Thompson. Technological Neutrality and the Changing Normative Context of Applied Science Research; P. T. Shepard. Idealizations, Externalities, and the Economic Analysis of Law; R. Laymon. Techniques of Discovery: Broad and Narrow Characterizations of Technology; L. A. Hickman. Publisher Marketing: In this collection, the reader is introduced to the philosophy of technology, a rapidly developing area of scholarly interest, making contact with history of science and technology, and mainstream epistemological and metaphysical issues. The sophistication of these papers indicate the maturity of the field as it moves away from the advocacy of anti-technology ideological posturing toward a deeper understanding of the options and restraints technological developments provide.

Contributor Bio:  Pitt, Joseph C Joseph C. Pitt is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech. Douglas Eckel is Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and an Instructor in Political Science at Virginia Tech. He teaches in the areas of Public Administration and Urban Politics.