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Living in a Technological Culture: Human Tools and Human Values

By Mary Tiles , Hans Oberdiek

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1995
ISBN
0415071011, 9780415071017
LCC
T14 .T57 1995
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1572355 bytes)
Series
Philosophical Issues in Science
Pages
224\172
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control. Living in a Technological Culture challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are determined by politics rather than scientific inquiry. By questioning our existing uses of technology, this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now. As an introduction to the philosophy of technology this will be valuable to students, but will be equally engaging for the general reader.

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