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Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge (Hardcover)
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Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge (Hardcover)
Series: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
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Animal studies literature, and its public consumption have sparked
interest in questions about humanity. Most scholars aim these
studies to help us sort out how we should regard other creatures
and how we should understand ourselves in light of their
capacities. This book offers something a little different,
investigating the conceptual limits of tool-use and technology
through the lens of technological knowledge. Making sense of animal
studies can be tricky because of long-held and culturally pervasive
beliefs and messages about human triumph over nature (where animals
are considered to be part of nature). Animal Constructions and
Technological Knowledge, considers animal tool use, techniques, and
construction within the context of theories about what constitutes
technology and what constitutes knowledge. With reference to an
engaging variety of animal case studies, primarily from research on
apes, dolphins, and crows, this book shows how concepts from
philosophy of technology can be used to make better sense of the
animal cases. These animal cases also help us to refine our
philosophical concepts, creating more careful distinction and
uniting different accounts of technological knowledge.
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