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A Philosophy Of Technology
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Author : Pieter E. Vermaas
language : en
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Release Date : 2011
A Philosophy Of Technology written by Pieter E. Vermaas and has been published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Philosophy categories.
In A Philosophy of Technology: From Technical Artefacts to Sociotechnical Systems, technology is analysed from a series of different perspectives. The analysis starts by focussing on the most tangible products of technology, called technical artefacts, and then builds step-wise towards considering those artefacts within their context of use, and ultimately as embedded in encompassing sociotechnical systems that also include humans as operators and social rules like legislation. Philosophical characterisations are given of technical artefacts, their context of use and of sociotechnical systems. Analyses are presented of how technical artefacts are designed in engineering and what types of technological knowledge is involved in engineering. And the issue is considered how engineers and others can or cannot influence the development of technology. These characterisations are complemented by ethical analyses of the moral status of technical artefacts and the possibilities and impossibilities for engineers to influence this status when designing artefacts and the sociotechnical systems in which artefacts are embedded. The running example in the book is aviation, where aeroplanes are examples of technical artefacts and the world aviation system is an example of a sociotechnical system. Issues related to the design of quiet aeroplane engines and the causes of aviation accidents are analysed for illustrating the moral status of designing, and the role of engineers therein. Table of Contents: Technical Artefacts / Technical Designing / Ethics and Designing / Technological Knowledge / Sociotechnical Systems / The Role of Social Factors in Technological Development / Ethics and Unintended Consequences of Technology
From Traders To Innovators
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Author : Goh Chor Boon
language : en
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Release Date : 2016-10-27
From Traders To Innovators written by Goh Chor Boon and has been published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-27 with Political Science categories.
Today, more than ever, the state of a country’s science and technology is a critical factor for economic competitiveness and long-term growth. This book traces the development of science and technology policies and initiatives in Singapore since 1965. Developed as a trading entrepôt by the British, science and technology were never strongly emphasized, right up to the 1970s. However, the need to stay ahead of economic competitiveness motivated the Singapore Government to initiate its national science and technology policy from the 1980s — moving Singapore from a low-skilled, low-technology economy to a high-skilled, high-technology one. Today, the drive for Singapore to become a hotbed for technological start-ups and R&D activities, supported by strong government funding and cutting-edge facilities, seems promising. Are the aspirations of nurturing a Silicon Valley–type culture in Singapore achievable? Are pragmatic, risk-averse Singaporeans ready for the mindset change? Can a nation of traders and service-brokers become a nation of technological innovators and entrepreneurs? This book attempts to provide the answers
Technology And Health
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Author : Jihyun Kim
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2020-03
Technology And Health written by Jihyun Kim and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03 with Computers categories.
Technology and Health: Promoting Attitude and Behavior Change examines how technologies can be used to distribute health information, to facilitate cognitive changes, and to persuade attitudinal and behavioral changes for good health, both mental and physical. The book synthesizes theory-driven research with implications for practice, covering a range of theories in the context of health, including Presence, Computers are Social Actors (CASA), Proteus Effects, and Social Cognitive Theory. In addition, this comprehensive resource includes discussions on technologies, such as mobile applications, mobile games, computer games, augmented reality, virtual reality, robotics and artificial intelligence.
The Nature Of Technology
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Author : W. Brian Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-08-11
The Nature Of Technology written by W. Brian Arthur and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-11 with Science categories.
“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being,” says W. Brian Arthur. Yet despite technology’s irrefutable importance in our daily lives, until now its major questions have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Does technology, like biological life, evolve? In this groundbreaking work, pioneering technology thinker and economist W. Brian Arthur answers these questions and more, setting forth a boldly original way of thinking about technology. The Nature of Technology is an elegant and powerful theory of technology’s origins and evolution. Achieving for the development of technology what Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions did for scientific progress, Arthur explains how transformative new technologies arise and how innovation really works. Drawing on a wealth of examples, from historical inventions to the high-tech wonders of today, Arthur takes us on a mind-opening journey that will change the way we think about technology and how it structures our lives. The Nature of Technology is a classic for our times.
Interactive Technologies And The Social Studies
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Author : Peter H. Martorella
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Interactive Technologies And The Social Studies written by Peter H. Martorella and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Education categories.
Provides a comprehensive guide to and analysis of the expanding role of technology in the social studies curriculum and classroom.
Heidegger On Technology
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Author : Aaron James Wendland
language : en
Publisher: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Release Date : 2018
Heidegger On Technology written by Aaron James Wendland and has been published by Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Technology categories.
This collection offers the first comprehensive and definitive account of Martin Heidegger¿s philosophy of technology. It does so through a detailed analysis of canonical texts and recently published primary sources on two crucial concepts in Heidegger¿s later thought: Gelassenheit and Gestell. Gelassenheit, translated as ¿releasement¿, and Gestell, often translated as ¿enframing¿, stand as opposing ideas in Heidegger¿s work whereby the meditative thinking of Gelassenheit counters the dangers of our technological framing of the world in Gestell. After opening with a scholarly overview of Heidegger¿s philosophy of technology as a whole, this volume focuses on important Heideggerian critiques of science, technology, and modern industrialized society as well as Heidegger¿s belief that transformations in our thought processes enable us to resist the restrictive domain of modern techno-scientific practice. Key themes discussed in this collection include: the history, development, and defining features of modern technology; the relationship between scientific theories and their technological instantiations; the nature of human agency and the essence of education in the age of technology; and the ethical, political, and environmental impact of our current techno-scientific customs. This volume also addresses the connection between Heidegger¿s critique of technology and his involvement with the Nazis. Finally, and with contributions from a number of renowned Heidegger scholars, the original essays in this collection will be of great interest to students of Philosophy, Technology Studies, the History of Science, Critical Theory, Environmental Studies, Education, Sociology, and Political Theory.
Teenagers And Technology
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Author : Chris Davies
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
Teenagers And Technology written by Chris Davies and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Computers categories.
Teenagers and Technology offers a positive overview of how technology affects the lives of young people.
Tiger Technology
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Author : John A. Mathews
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-01-27
Tiger Technology written by John A. Mathews and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-27 with Business & Economics categories.
This book examines the dynamics of the semi-conductor industry in East Asia.
Technen Elements Of Recent History Of Information Technologies With Epistemological Conclusions
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Author : Andrzej Piotr Wierzbicki
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-25
Technen Elements Of Recent History Of Information Technologies With Epistemological Conclusions written by Andrzej Piotr Wierzbicki and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-25 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The book expresses the conviction that the art of creating tools – Greek techne – changes its character together with the change of civilization epochs and co-determines such changes. This does not mean that tools typical for a civilization epoch determine it completely, but they change our way of perceiving and interpreting the world. There might have been many such epochs in the history of human civilization (much more than the three waves of agricultural, industrial and information civilization). This is expressed by the title Technen of the book, where n denotes a subsequent civilization epoch. During last fifty years we observed a decomposition of the old episteme (understood as a way of creating and interpreting knowledge characteristic for a given civilization epoch) of modernism, which was an episteme typical for industrial civilization. Today, the world is differently understood by the representatives of three different cultural spheres: of strict and natural sciences; of human and social sciences (especially by their part inclined towards postmodernism) and technical sciences that have a different episteme than even that of strict and natural sciences. Thus, we observe today not two cultures, but three different episteme. The book consists of four parts. First contains basic epistemological observations, second is devoted to selected elements of recent history of information technologies, third contains more detailed epistemological and general discussions, fourth specifies conclusions. The book is written from the cognitive perspective of technical sciences, with a full awareness – and discussion – of its differences from the cognitive perspective of strict sciences or human and social sciences. The main thesis of the book is that informational revolution will probably lead to a formation of a new episteme. The book includes discussions of many issues related to such general perspective, such as what is technology proper; what is intuition from a perspective of technology and of evolutionary naturalism; what are the reasons for and how large are the delays between a fundamental invention and its broad social utilization; what is the fundamental logical error (using paradoxes that are not real, only apparent) of the tradition of sceptical philosophy; what are rational foundations and examples of emergence of order out of chaos; whether civilization development based on two positive feedbacks between science, technology and the market might lead inevitably to a self-destruction of human civilization; etc.
Emerging Technologies In Computing
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Author : Mahdi H. Miraz
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-07-20
Emerging Technologies In Computing written by Mahdi H. Miraz and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-20 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Computing, iCEtiC 2018, held in London, UK, in August 2018. The 26 revised full papers were reviewed and selected from more than 59 submissions and are organized in topical sections covering Cloud, IoT and distributed computing, software engineering, communications engineering and vehicular technology, AI, expert systems and big data analytics, Web information systems and applications, security, database system, economics and business engineering, mLearning and eLearning.