Main entry:

Mitcham, Carl.

Title & Author:

Thinking through technology : the path between engineering and philosophy / Carl Mitcham.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Description:

xi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-382) and index.
Engineering philosophy of technology -- Humanities philosophy of technology -- From engineering to humanities philosophy of technology -- The philosophical questioning of technology -- Philosophical questions about techne -- From philosophy to technology -- Types of technology as object -- Types of technology as knowledge -- Types of technology as activity -- Types of technology as volition -- Three ways of being with technology.

Summary:

This introduction to the philosophy of technology discusses its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to the modern day, it identifies two important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach and the humanities approach.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226531961
9780226531960
0226531988 (paper)
9780226531984 (paper)

Subject:

Technology Philosophy.
Philosophie.
Technologie Philosophie.
Technikphilosophie
Filosofie.
Techniek.
Tecnologia (filosofia)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 91893
Call No.: ID PLS T14.M56; ID:95-B65
Status: Available