Addressing the technological opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, Introduction to Philosophy of Technology offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of philosophy of technology available. It covers several of the classic theories and approaches, but also moves beyond them to explore a broader range of theories and a number of new dynamics in the field, including responding to new technological developments. Esteemed scholar Mark Coeckelbergh emphasizes how new technological developments stimulate philosophical thinking--and rethinking--and how philosophers of technology could do more to interact with other subdisciplines in philosophy and fields beyond academia, such as art and policy.
Addressing the technological opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, Introduction to Philosophy of Technology offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of philosophy of technology available. It covers several of the classic theories and approaches, but also moves beyond them to explore a broader range of theories and a number of new dynamics in the field, including responding to new technological developments. Esteemed scholar Mark Coeckelbergh emphasizes how new technological developments stimulate philosophical thinking--and rethinking--and how philosophers of technology could do more to interact with other subdisciplines in philosophy and fields beyond academia, such as art and policy.
Über den Autor
Mark Coeckelbergh is Professor of Media and Technology in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna and was also President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. He is the author of twelve books and a member of the High Level Expert Group on AI of the European Commission.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART 1. INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY?1. Introduction1.1. Thinking about Technology?1.2. Approach, Structure of the Book, and Overview of Chapters2. History and Landscape2.1. Beginnings: Two Ancient Myths2.2. A Brief History of the Discipline2.3. Historical Context, Landscape of the Discipline, and Critical QuestionsPART 2. THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY STARTING FROM THEORY3. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics: Heidegger, McLuhan, and Contemporary Work3.1. Heidegger's Essay Concerning Technology: Beyond an Instrumental Understanding of Technology3.2. McLuhan's Understanding of Media3.3. Some Contemporary Work in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Technology4. Postphenomenology, Material Hermeneutics, and Mediation Theory4.1. Introduction: The Empirical Turn4.2. Ihde's Postphenomenology and Material Hermeneutics4.3. Contemporary Postphenomenology and Mediation Theory4.4. Critical Discussion5. Critical Theory and Feminism5.1. Marx: Political Economy and Technology5.2. Marx 2.0.: Social media and Exploitation5.3. Critical Theory about Technology Beyond Marx: From Marcuse and Foucault to Feenberg and Winner5.4. Feminist Thinking about Technology5.5. Critical Discussion6. Pragmatism, Analytic Approaches, and Transcultural Philosophy6.1. Pragmatism6.2. Analytic Philosophy of Technology6.3. Intercultural and Transcultural Philosophy of Technology?PART 3 . THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY STARTING FROM TECHNOLOGY7. From Information Technologies to Philosophy and Ethics of Information7.1. Introduction7.2. All about Information: Floridi's Philosophy and Ethics of Information7.3. Critical Discussion7.4. Conclusions for Philosophy of Technology8. From Robotics and AI to Thinking about Moral Status and Human Relationships8.1. Introduction8.2. Moral Machines? The Discussion about Moral Agency8.3. The Discussion about Moral Patiency8.4. Changing the Question: Toward More Relational Thinking8.5. The Debate about Sex Robots and Human Relationships: Feminist (or Egalitarian) Questions8.6. Humans, Non-Humans, and the More-Than-Human9. From Genetic Engineering and Cyborgs to Transhumanism and Posthumanism9.1. Introduction9.2. Transhumanism and Human Enhancement9.3. Posthumanism and Cyborgs10. From Climate Change and Geoengineering to Questioning "Nature" and Thinking in and about the "Anthropocene"10.1. Introduction: Earth, We Have a Problem10.2. The Problem With "Nature": Modern Versus Non-Modern Approaches10.3. The Anthropocene: Some Philosophical ResponsesPART 4. THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY GOING BEYOND PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY (PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY +)11. Philosophy of Technology and Other Philosophy: (Re)Connecting with Other Philosophical Subdisciplines11.1. Introduction11.2. Ethics and Moral Philosophy: Thinking about Virtue and Thinking about Technology11.3. Philosophical Anthropology: Thinking about the Human and Thinking about Technology11.4. Philosophy of Language: Thinking about Language and Thinking about Technology11.5. Other Subfields: Some Examples11.6. Conclusions for Philosophers of Technology12. Philosophy of Technology and Other Academic Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity12.1. Introduction12.2. Some Examples of Transdisciplinary Work for Philosophers of Technology12.3. Challenges for Transdisciplinary Work13. Philosophy of Technology and Other Practices Beyond Academia13.1. Beyond Academia: Innovation, Policy, and Art13.2. Some Directions and Recommendations Concerning the Future of Research in Philosophy of Technology and Its Potential Implications for Education
