New Waves in Philosophy of Technology [Hardcover]

The volume advances research in the philosophy of technology by introducing contributors who have an acute sense of how to get beyond or reframe the epistemic, ontological and normative limitations that currently limit the fields of philosophy of technology and science and technology studies.Foreword; D.Ihde Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; J.K.Berg Olsen, E.Selinger & S.Riis PART I: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY Homo Faber : The Unity of the History and Philosophy of Technology; K.Lee Becoming Through Technology; J.K.Berg Olsen PART II: TECHNOLOGY: EPISTEMIC AND METAPHYSICAL ISSUES Quick-Freezing Philosophy: An Analysis of Imaging Technologies in Neurobiology; R.Rosenberger How To Read Technology Critically; D.Kaplan The Mcluhans and Metaphysics; G.Harman The Question Concerning Thinking; S.Riis Understanding Technology Ontotheologically, or: The Danger and the Promise of Heidegger, An American Perspective; I.Thomson PART III: TECHNOLOGY: ETHICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES Human Enhancement and Personal Identity; P.Brey The Future of Humanity; N.Bostrom Technology, the Environment, and the Moral Considerability of Artifacts; B.Hale Cultivating Humanity: Toward a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology; P-P.Verbeek PART IV: COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY Technology Transfer and Globalization: A New Wave for Philosophy of Technology?; E.Selinger Philosophy of Technology as Empirical Philosophy: Comparing Technological Scales in Practice; C.Bruun Jensen & C.Gad Index

'This latest addition to the New Waves series will be of interest to students of science and technology studies, or anyone who is concerned about technology, globalization, and the future of humanity. The collection of essays contained in this volume provides wide ranging discussions of current developments in post-phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical theory, metaphysics, posthumanism, transhumanism, ethics, communication theory, and Heideggerilƒ7