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Broad and Narrow Interpretations of Philosophy of Technology

Broad and Narrow Interpretations

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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 7)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Nature of Philosophy of Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. In Search of a New Prometheus

      • Joseph C. Pitt
      Pages 3-15

    3. Defining Horizons: A Reply to Joseph C. Pitt

      • Frederick Ferré
      Pages 17-23

    4. Process Themes in Frederick Ferré’s Philosophy of Technology

      • Peter Limper
      Pages 25-35

    5. Clarifying and Applying Intelligence: A Reply to Peter Limper

      • Frederick Ferré
      Pages 37-41

  3. Deficiencies in Engineering Ethics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Imagination for Engineering Ethicists

      • Taft H. Broome Jr.
      Pages 45-51

    3. Engineering Ethics and Political Imagination

      • Langdon Winner
      Pages 53-64

  5. Historical, Cultural, and Political Critiques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Democratic Socialism and Technological Change

      • Andrew Feenberg
      Pages 101-123

    3. Philosophy, Engineering, and Western culture

      • Steven L. Goldman
      Pages 125-152

    4. Alternatives for Evaluating the Effects of Genetic Engineering on Human Development

      • José Sanmartín
      Pages 153-166

    5. The Alarmist View of Technology

      • Raphael Sassower
      Pages 167-180

    6. An Interpretation of Jacques Ellul’s Dialectical Method

      • D. J. Wennemann
      Pages 181-192

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 193-196
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About this book

BACKGROUND: DEPARTMENTS, SPECIALIZATION, AND PROFESSIONALIZATION IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION For over half of its history, U.S. higher education turned out mostly cler­ gymen and lawyers. Looking back on that period, we might be tempted to think that this meant specialized training for the ministry or the practice of law. That, however, was not the case. What a college education in the U.S. prepared young men (almost exclusively) for, from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 through the founding of hundreds of denominational colleges in the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century, was leadership in the community. Professionalization and specialization only began to take root, and then became the dominant mode in U.S. higher education, in the period roughly from 1860--1920. In subsequent decades, that seemed to many critics to signal the end of what might be called "education in wisdom," the preparation of leaders for a broad range of responsibilities. Professionalization, specialization, and departmentalization of higher education in the U.S. began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Delaware, USA

    Paul T. Durbin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Broad and Narrow Interpretations of Philosophy of Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Broad and Narrow Interpretations

  • Editors: Paul T. Durbin

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0557-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0684-9Published: 30 June 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6738-6Published: 08 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0557-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 216

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Ethics, History, general

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