Living in a technological culture : human tools and human values / / Mary Tiles and Hans Oberdiek
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| Autore: |
Tiles Mary
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| Titolo: |
Living in a technological culture : human tools and human values / / Mary Tiles and Hans Oberdiek
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xi, 212 p |
| Disciplina: | 601 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technology - Philosophy |
| Technology - Social aspects | |
| Science - Philosophy | |
| Science - Social aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
OberdiekHans <1937->
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-207) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- LIVING IN A TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE: Human Tools and Human Values -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION Technological culture and its problems -- 1 CONFLICTING VISIONS OF TECHNOLOGY -- 2 FACTS, VALUES AND EFFICIENCY -- 3 SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND THE AUTHORITY OF EXPERTS -- 4 FROM APPLIED SCIENCE TO TECHNO-SCIENCE -- 5 TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE AND POLITICS -- 6 PLANT BREEDING AND THE POLITICS OF HUNGER -- 7 WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESS? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Living in a technological culture |
| ISBN: | 1-134-91115-7 |
| 9786610236923 | |
| 1-280-23692-2 | |
| 0-203-98092-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810560103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Philosophical issues in science.