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Technological Transformation - Contextual and Conceptual Implications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
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Technological Transformation - Contextual and Conceptual Implications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Series: Philosophy and Technology, 5
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The philosophical study of technology has acquired only recently a
voice in academic conversation. This situation is due, in part, to
the fact that technology obviously impacts on "the real world,"
whereas the favored stereotype of philosophy allegedly does not.
Furthermore, in some circles it was assumed that philosophy ought
not impinge on the world. This bias continues today in the form of
a general dismissal of the growing area now referred to as "applied
philosophy." By contrast, the academic scrutiny of science has for
the most part been accepted as legitimate for some 30 years,
primarily because it has been conducted in a somewhat ethereal
manner. This is, in part, because it was believed that, science
being pure, one could think (even philosophically) about science
without jeopardizing one's intellectual purity. Since World War II,
however, practitioners of the metascientific arts have come to ac
knowledge that science also shows signs of having touched down on
numerous occasions in what can only be identified as the real
world. No longer able to keep this banal truth a secret, purists
have sought to defuse its import by stressing the difference
between pure and applied science; and, lest science be tainted by
contact with the world through its applications, they have devoted
additional energy to separating applied science somehow from
technology."
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Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Philosophy and Technology, 5 |
Release date: |
February 1989 |
First published: |
1989 |
Editors: |
E.F. Byrne
• Joseph C. Pitt
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
316 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989 |
ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-2827-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
History of science
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LSN: |
90-277-2827-5 |
Barcode: |
9789027728272 |
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