Readings in the Philosophy of Technology by David M. Kaplan

Posted on March 4, 2017 by admin

By David M. Kaplan

excellent for professors who are looking to offer a finished set of crucial readings within the philosophy of expertise, from foundational to the innovative, this publication introduces scholars to a few of the ways that societies, applied sciences, and environments form each other. The readings study the character of expertise in addition to the consequences of applied sciences upon human wisdom, actions, societies, and environments. scholars will learn how to savour the ways in which philosophy informs our figuring out of know-how, and to work out how know-how pertains to ethics, politics, nature, human nature, pcs, technological know-how, foodstuff, and animals.

Show description

Read or Download Readings in the Philosophy of Technology PDF

Best history & philosophy on science & nature books

Zoological Illustrations

Zoological IllustrationsWilliam John Swainson, English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist (1789-1855)This booklet offers «Zoological Illustrations», from William John Swainson. A dynamic desk of contents permits to leap on to the bankruptcy chosen. desk of Contents- approximately This booklet- quantity I.

Secrets and Knowledge in Medicine and Science, 1500–1800 (History of Medicine in Context)

Secrets and techniques performed a significant position in alterations in scientific and clinical wisdom in early glossy Europe. As a brand new fascination with novelty started to take carry from the overdue 15th century, Europeans thirsted for formerly unknown information about the flora and fauna: new vegetation, animals, and different items from nature, new recipes for scientific and alchemical systems, new wisdom concerning the human physique, and new proof concerning the manner nature labored.

Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting

The twenty first century deals a dizzying array of latest technological advancements: robots shrewdpermanent adequate to take white collar jobs, social media instruments that deal with our most crucial relationships, traditional gadgets that music, checklist, study and proportion each aspect of our day-by-day lives, and biomedical strategies with the capability to rework and increase human minds and our bodies to an exceptional measure.

Realismus und Wissenschaft: Der empirische Erfolg der Wissenschaft zwischen metaphysischer Erklärung und methodologischer Beurteilung (Philosophische Untersuchungen) (German Edition)

Fynn Ole Engler stellt aus historischer und systematischer Perspektive die beiden grundlegenden Strömungen der modernen Wissenschaftstheorie gegenüber. Er unterscheidet zwischen einem naturalistischen Programm, das seinen Ausgangspunkt im Wiener Kreis des logischen Empirismus bei Moritz Schlick, Otto Neurath und Rudolf Carnap nimmt und bis zu den Auffassungen Willard Van Orman Quines, Bas van Fraassens und Nancy Cartwrights reicht, sowie einem realistischen Programm, das von den Werken Pierre Duhems und Henri Poincarés ausgeht und zu den Positionen John Worralls und Elie Zahars führt.