Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy

by Carl Mitcham

Book Overview

What does it mean to think about technology philosophically? Why try? These are the issues that Carl Mitcham addresses in this work, a comprehensive, critical introduction to the philosophy of technology and a discussion of its sources and uses.

Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to our own, Mitcham identifies the most important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach, which assumes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226531988
• ISBN13: 9780226531984
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"