From artifact to habitat: studies in the critical engagement of technology

454 Pages·1990·1.1 MB·English

by  Gayle L. Ormiston

From Artifact to Habitat : Studies in the
title: Critical Engagement of Technology
Research in Technology Studies ; V. 3
author: Ormiston, Gayle L.
publisher: Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0934223092
print isbn13: 9780934223096
ebook isbn13: 9780585188812
language: English
subject Technology--Philosophy--Congresses.
publication date: 1990
lcc: T14.F76 1990eb
ddc: 601
subject: Technology--Philosophy--Congresses.
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From Artifact to Habitat
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Research in Technology Studies
Series Co-Editors
STEPHEN H. CUTCLIFFE
STEVEN L. GOLDMAN
Editorial Advisory Board
ALEXIS ALDRIDGE
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
PAUL T. DURBIN
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
MELVIN KRANZBERG
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
EDWIN T. LAYTON, JR.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
DONALD MACKENZIE
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
CARL MITCHAM
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
JEROME R. RAVETZ
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
JOAN ROTHSCHILD
UNIVERSITY OF LOWELL
LANCE SCHACHTERLE
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
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From Artifact to Habitat
Studies in the Critical Engagement of Technology
Research in Technology Studies,
Volume 3
Edited By
Gayle L. Ormiston
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From artifact to habitat : studies in the critical engagement of
technology / edited by Gayle L. Ormiston.
p. cm.(Research in technology studies; v. 3)
Essays from a conference on The Mediation of technology, held at
the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 15-16 Nov. 1985.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-934223-09-2 (alk. paper)
1. TechnologyPhilosophyCongresses. I. Ormiston, Gayle L.,
1951- . II. Series.
T14.F76 1990
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For Lynn and Rachel Alison
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Contents
Foreword 9
Stephen H. Cutcliffe And Steven L. Goldman
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 13
Gayle L. Ormiston
List of Contributors 25
Three Ways of Being-With Technology 31
Carl Mitcham
Technological Consciousness and the Modern 60
Understanding of the Good Life
James L. Wiser
Technology and the Denial of Mystery: The Sacrilization 74
of the Familiar
David Lovekin
Issue and Presentation: Technology and the Creation of 102
Concepts
Gayle L. Ormiston
The Autonomy of Technology 117
Joseph C. Pitt
The Labor-Saving Device: Evidence of Responsibility? 132
Edmund F. Byrne
The Alienation of Common Praxis: Sartre's Critique and 155
the Weberian Theory of Bureaucracy
Frederic L. Bender