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Europe, America, and Technology: Philosophical Perspectives

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Paul T. Durbin

    1. University of Delaware, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Technology (PHTE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Development of Technology in Eastern and Western Europe

    1. Introduction: The Development of Technology in Eastern and Western Europe

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 1-11

  5. Symposium on Education in Science, Technology, and Values

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Symposium on Education in Science, Technology, and Values: Introduction

      • Leonard J. Waks
      Pages 193-195

    3. Science and Technology Education as Civic Education

      • Robert K. Fullinwider
      Pages 197-215

    4. STS, Critical Thinking, and Philosophy for Children

      • Michael S. Pritchard
      Pages 217-246

    5. STS Education and The Paradox of Green Studies

      • Leonard J. Waks
      Pages 247-257

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-263
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As Europe moves toward 1992 and full economic unity, and as Eastern Europe tries to find its way in the new economic order, the United States hesitates. Will the new European economic order be good for the U.S. or not? Such a question is exacerbated by world-wide changes in the technological order, most evident in Japan's new techno-economic power. As might be expected, philosophers have been slow to come to grips with such issues, and lack of interest is compounded by different philosophical styles in different parts of the world. What this volume addresses is more a matter of conflicting styles than a substantive confrontation with the real-world issues. But there is some attempt to be concrete. The symposium on Ivan Illich - with contributions from philosophers and social critics at the Penns- vania State University, where Illich has taught for several years - may suggest the old cliche of Old World vs. New World. Illich's fulminations against technology are often dismissed by Americans as old-world-style prophecy, while Illich seems largely unknown in his native Europe. But Albert Borgmann, born in Germany though now settled in the U.S., shows that this old dichotomy is difficult to maintain in our technological world. Borgmann's focus is on urgent technological problems that have become almost painfully evident in both Europe and America.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Delaware, USA

    Paul T. Durbin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Europe, America, and Technology: Philosophical Perspectives

  • Editors: Paul T. Durbin

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3242-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1254-3Published: 31 July 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5429-4Published: 21 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3242-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 264

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Education

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