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Analytical Philosophy of Technology

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Friedrich Rapp

    1. Institut für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 63)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Stages of the Philosophy of Technology

    • Friedrich Rapp
    Pages 1-22

  3. Differing Versions of the Concept of ‘Technology’

    • Friedrich Rapp
    Pages 23-36

  4. Methodological Analysis

    • Friedrich Rapp
    Pages 37-65

  5. The Road to Modern Technology

    • Friedrich Rapp
    Pages 66-117

  6. The Technological World

    • Friedrich Rapp
    Pages 118-186

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 187-202
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About this book

Friedrich Rapp, in this magisterial and critical essay on technology, the complex human phenomenon that demands philosophy of science, philosophy of culture, moral insight, and historical sensi­ tivity for its understanding, writes modestly of the grave and ten­ tative situation in the philosophy of technology. Despite the pro­ found thinkers who have devoted time and imagination and ratio­ nal penetration, despite the massive literature now available, the varied and comparative viewpoints of political, analytic, despite metaphysical, cultural, even esthetic commitments, indeed despite the honest joining of historical and systematic methods of inves­ tigation, we are far from a satisfactory understanding of the joys and sorrows, the achievements and disappointments, of the tech­ nological saga of human societies. Professor Rapp has prepared this report on the philosophical understanding of technology for a troubled world; if ever philosophy were needed, it is in the prac­ tical attempt to find alternatives among technologies, to foresee dangers and opportunities, to choose with a sense of the possibil­ ity of fulfilling humane values. Emerson spoke of the scholar not as a specialist apart, but as 'Man thinking' and Rapp's essay so speaks to all of us, industrial world or third world, engineers or humanists, tired or energetic, fearful or optimistic.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    Friedrich Rapp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Analytical Philosophy of Technology

  • Authors: Friedrich Rapp

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8412-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1221-9Published: 31 May 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1222-6Published: 31 May 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8412-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 202

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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