Description:
An introduction to philosophy of technology posing a wide range of philosophical questions relating to technology and its social and cultural impact in today's world.
Brief description:
Gernot Böhme was Professor of Philosophy at Darmstadt's Technische Univerität, Germany, between 1977 and 2002.
He is well-known in Germany for his work in aesthetics, the philosophy of nature, the philosophy of embodiment, the philosophy of science/technology and his view of philosophy as a practical form of life. His publications in English include Coping with Science (Westview, 1992) and Ethics in Context (Polity, 2001).
Review Quotes: "Summing Up: Recommended. Science/technology and philosophy collections, upper-division undergraduates and above." --T. Eastman, formerly, University of Maryland