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Author Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Title Philosophical tools for technological culture : putting pragmatism to work / Larry A. Hickman.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Indiana series in the philosophy of technology
Indiana series in the philosophy of technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Philosophy in a high-tech world -- Tuning up technology -- Technology and community life -- Productive pragmatism: critical theory, and agape -- Art, technoscience, and social action -- Technoscience education for a lifelong curriculum -- Literacy, mediacy, and technological determinism -- Populism and the cult of the expert -- Hope, salvation, and responsibility -- The next technological revolution.
Summary "Hickman['s] ... style of pragmatism provides us with flexible, philosophical 'tools' which can be used to analyze and penetrate various technology and technological cultural problems of the present. He, himself, uses this toolkit to make his analyses and succeeds very well indeed."--Don IhdeA practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture. Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture contends that technology -- a defining mark of contemporary culture.
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Subject Technology -- Philosophy.
Technology -- Philosophy.
Pragmatism.
Pragmatism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hickman, Larry A., 1942- Philosophical tools for technological culture. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2001 0253338697 0253214440 (DLC) 00058074 (OCoLC)44613094
ISBN 0253108640 (electronic book)
9780253108647 (electronic book)
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0253214440 (pa ; alkaline paper)
0253338697 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
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