From Artifact to Habitat: Studies in the Critical Engagement of TechnologyGayle L. Ormiston Lehigh University Press, 1990 - 221 pages Bringing together philosophy, literary criticism and textual theory, social and political theory, and the philosophy of language and cognitive science, this collection intends to establish an interpretive framework for exploring the ubiquity nd mediacy of technology. |
Contents
| 31 | |
Technological Consciousness and the Modern Understanding of the Good Life | 60 |
The Sacrilization of the Familiar | 74 |
Technology and the Creation of Concepts | 102 |
The Autonomy of Technology | 117 |
Evidence of Responsibility? | 132 |
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