New Waves in Philosophy of Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Homo faber: the Unity of the History and Philosophy of Technology....Pages 13-39
Becoming through Technology....Pages 40-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Quick-Freezing Philosophy: an Analysis of Imaging Technologies in Neurobiology....Pages 65-82
How to Read Technology Critically....Pages 83-99
The McLuhans and Metaphysics....Pages 100-122
The Question Concerning Thinking....Pages 123-145
Understanding Technology Ontotheologically, or: the Danger and the Promise of Heidegger, an American Perspective....Pages 146-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Human Enhancement and Personal Identity....Pages 169-185
The Future of Humanity....Pages 186-215
Technology, the Environment and the Moral Considerability of Artefacts....Pages 216-240
Cultivating Humanity: towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology....Pages 241-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Technology Transfer and Globalization: a New Wave for Philosophy of Technology?....Pages 267-291
Philosophy of Technology as Empirical Philosophy: Comparing Technological Scales in Practice....Pages 292-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-322