Dusek, Val, 1941-

Philosophy of technology [electronic resource]: an introduction / Val Dusek. - Malden, MA ; Oxford Blackwell Pub., 2006. - 1 digital resource (v, 244 p.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-233) and index.

Philosophy of science and technology -- What is technology? : defining or characterizing technology -- Technocracy -- Rationality, technological rationality, and reason -- Phenomenology, hermeneutics, and technology -- Technological determinism -- Autonomous technology -- Human nature : tool-making or language? -- Women, feminism, and technology -- Non-western technology and local knowledge -- Anti-technology : romanticism, Luddism, and the ecology movement -- Social constructionism and actor-network theory.

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