Buch, Englisch, Band 180, 351 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Studies in 20th Century History
Buch, Englisch, Band 180, 351 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g
Reihe: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
ISBN: 978-1-4020-0250-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
To some philosophers, seeking to understand the human condition, technology is a necessary guide. But to think through the complex human phenomenon of technology we must tackle philosophy of science, philosophy of culture, moral issues, comparative civilizational studies, and the economics of specific industrial and military technologies in their historical contexts. The philoso pher wants to grasp the technological factor in this troubled world, even as we see it is only one factor, and that it does not speak openly for itself. Put directly, our human troubles to a considerable extent have been transformed, exaggerated, distorted, even degraded, perhaps transcended, by what engi neers and scientists, entrepreneurs and politicians, have wrought. But our problems are ancient, problems of dominations, struggles, survival, values in conflict, greed and insane sadisms. To get some conceptual light on the social reality which seems immediately to be so complicated, a philosopher will need to learn from the historians of technology. A few years ago, the philosopher Elisabeth Straker concluded that "a his torical philosophy of technology [is required] since history - and history alone - provides all those concepts that form part of the repertoire of the philosoph ical analysis of technology". And she added that this goes far beyond the triviality that like other cultural achievements technology has its historical development. Now historical comprehension is no substitute for a logical methodology in the analysis of technological problems.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
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Britannic Overture.- British Scientific Intellectuals and the Relations of Science, Technology, and War.- Mainly in Germany.- Telephone Technology and Its Interaction with Science and the Military, ca. 1900–1930.- Theoretical Physicists at War: Sommerfeld Students in Germany and as Emigrants.- Mathematics and War: Germany, 1900–1945.- Three Latin Countries.- On the Military and the Exact Sciences in France.- Army and Science in Argentina: 1850–1950.- Nuclear Energy in Spain: From Hiroshima to the Sixties.- In the United States.- The Tools of Science: Radio, Rockets, and the Science of Naval Warfare.- The Military Origins of the Space Sciences in the American V-2 Era.- Into Quantum Electronics: The Maser as ‘Gadget’ of Cold-War America.- List of Contributors.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.
