| Contents: |
Pt. I. History of Technology --
1. History of Technology / Thomas J. Misa --
2. Definitions of Technology / Richard Li-Hua --
3. Western Technology / Keld Nielsen --
4. Chinese Technology / Francesca Bray --
5. Islamic Technology / Thomas F. Glick --
6. Japanese Technology / David Wittner --
7. Technology and War / Bart Hacker --
Pt. II. Technology and Science --
8. Technology and Science / Don Ihde --
9. Science and Technology: Positivism and Critique / Hans Radder --
10. Engineering Science / Louis L. Bucciarelli --
11. Technological Knowledge / Anthonie W. M. Meijers and Marc J. de Vries --
12. Interplay between Science and Technology / Bart Gremmen --
13. Instruments in Science and Technology / Mieke Boon --
14. Social Construction of Science / Harry Collins --
15. Social Construction of Technology / Wiebe E. Bijker --
16. Theory Change and Instrumentation / Joseph C. Pitt --
17. Biology and Technology / Keekok Lee --
18. Nuclear Technologies / William J. Nuttall --
19. Engineering Design / Peter Kroes --
20. Cybernetics / Andrew Pickering --
21. Chemistry and Technology / Helge S. Kragh --
Pt. III. Technology and Philosophy --
22. Introduction: Philosophy and Technology / Val Dusek --
23. Semiotics of Technology / Robert E. Innis --
24. Critical Theory of Technology / Andrew Feenberg --
25. Cyborgs / Evan Selinger --
26. Simulation / Evan Selinger --
27. Technology as "Applied Science" / Robert C. Scharff --
28. Technological Artifacts / Peter-Paul Verbeek and Pieter E. Vermaas --
29. Technical Practice / Bart Gremmen --
30. Technological Pragmatism / Larry Hickman --
31. Hermeneutics and Technologies / Don Ihde --
32. Analytic Philosophy of Technology / Maarten Franssen --
33. Technological Rationality / Lorenzo C. Simpson --
34. Phenomenology and Technology / Iain Thomson --
35. Expertise / Evan Selinger --
36. Imaging Technologies / Don Ihde --
37. Critique of the Precautionary Principle and the Possibility for an "Enlightened Doomsaying" / Jean-Pierre Dupuy --
38. Technology and Metaphysics / Jean-Pierre Dupuy --
39. Large Technical Systems / Erik van der Vleuten --
40. Sociotechnical Systems / Maarten Franssen and Peter Kroes --
41. Information Technology / Luciano Floridi --
Pt. IV. chnology and Environment --
42. Technology and Environment / Mary Tiles --
43. Precautionary Principle / Andy Stirling --
44. Boundary-work, Pluralism and the Environment / Jozef Keulartz --
45. Global Warming / John Houghton --
46. Reinvention of CO[subscript 2] as Refrigerant for Both Heating and Cooling / Jan Hurlen --
47. Environmental Science and Technology / Mary Tiles --
48. Agriculture and Technology / John R. Porter and Jesper Rasmussen --
49. Built Environment / Christian Illies --
Pt. V. Technology and Politics --
50. Technology and Politics / Evan Selinger --
51. Idea of Progress / Daniel Sarewitz --
52. Technology and Power / Daniel Sarewitz --
53. Technology and Culture / Lucien Scubla --
54. Technology Management / Richard Li-Hua --
55. Technology Strategy / Richard Li-Hua --
56. Technology and Globalization / David M. Kaplan --
57. Technology Transfer / Evan Selinger --
58. Technology and Capitalism / David M. Kaplan --
59. Politics of Gender and Technology / Elisabeth K. Kelan --
60. European Politics, Economy and Technology / Erik Jones --
61. sian Politics, Economy and Technology / Keekok Lee --
62. US Politics, Economy and Technology / David M. Hart --
63. Energy, Technology and Geopolitics / John R. Fanchi --
Pt. VI. Technology and Ethics --
64. Technology and Ethics: Overview / Carl Mitcham and Katinka Waelbers --
65. Agriculture Ethics / David M. Kaplan --
66. Architecture Ethics / Warwick A. Fox --
67. Biomedical Engineering Ethics / Philip Brey --
68. Bioethics / Paul B. Thomson --
69. Biotechnology: Plants and Animals / Bart Gremmen --
70. Computer Ethics / Philip Brey --
71. Consumerism / Edward J. Woodhouse --
72. Development Ethics / Thomas Kesselring --
73. Energy Ethics / Kirsten Halsnaes --
74. Engineering Ethics / Christelle Didier --
75. Environmental Ethics / Thomas Sobirk Petersen --
76. Food Ethics / David M. Kaplan --
77. Future Generations / Jesper Ryberg --
78. Genethics / Nils Holtug --
79. Technology and the Law / Richard Susskind --
80. Media Ethics / Deni Elliott --
81. Medical Ethics / Soren Holm --
82. Nanoethics / John Weckert --
83. Nuclear Ethics / Koos van der Bruggen --
84. Religion and Technology / Carl Mitcham --
85. Technology and Personal Moral Responsibility / Jesper Ryberg --
86. Value-sensitive Design / Jeroen van der Hoven and Noemi Manders-Huits --
Pt. VII. Technology and the Future --
87. Technology, Prosperity and Risk / Sven Ove Hansson --
88. World Risk Society / Ulrich Beck --
89. Risk Analysis / Sven Ove Hansson --
90. Prosperity and the Future of Technology / William Sims Bainbridge --
91. Converging Technologies / William Sims Bainbridge --
92. Nanotechnology / Alfred Nordmann --
93. Energy Forecast Technologies / John R. Fanchi --
94. Biotechnology / Jennifer Kuzma --
95. Transportation / Jonathan L. Gifford --
96. Global Challenges / Jennifer Kuzma --
97. Chemicals / Bruce E. Johansen --
98. Future of Humanity / Nick Bostrom. |
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