Heidegger's Technologies: Postphenomenological Perspectives

by Don Ihde

Book Overview

Heidegger is the only thinker of his generation whose philosophy of technology is still widely read today. In it, he made three basic claims. First, he asserted that the essence of technology is not technological--that technology is not a neutral instrumentality. Second, he claimed that there is a qualitative difference between modern and traditional technologies. Third and most interestingly, he claimed that technology is a metaphysical perspective,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823233774
• ISBN13: 9780823233779
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"