Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction

Introduction. 1. Philosophy of Science and Technology. 2. What is technology? Defining or Characterizing Technology. 3. Technocracy. 4. Rationality, Technological Rationality, and Reason. 5. Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Technology. 6. Technological Determinism. 7. Autonomous Technology. 8. Human Nature: Tool Making or Language?. 9. Women, Feminism and Technology. 10. Non-Western Technology and Local Knowledge. 11. Anti-Technology: Romanticism, Luddism and the Ecology Movement. 12. Social Constructionism and Actor Network Theory. Bibliography. Index.

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