Clive LawsonCambridge University Press, 3/30/2017EAN 9781107180833, ISBN10: 110718083XHardcover, 252 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cmLanguage: EnglishBy reconsidering the theme of isolation in the philosophy of technology, and by drawing upon recent developments in social ontology, Lawson provides an account of technology that will be of interest and value to those working in a variety of different fields. Technology and Isolation includes chapters on the philosophy, history, sociology and economics of technology, and contributes to such diverse topics as the historical emergence of the term 'technology', the sociality of technology, the role of technology in social acceleration, the relationship between Marx and Heidegger, and the relationship between technology and those with autism. The central contribution of the book is to provide a new ontology of technology. In so doing, Lawson argues that much of the distinct character of technology can be explained or understood in terms of the dynamic that emerges from technology's peculiar constitutional mix of isolatable and non-isolatable components.1. Technology questions2. Technology - from obscurity to keyword3. Ontology and isolation4. Science and technology5. The sociality of artefacts6. Technological artefacts7. Technology and the extension of human capabilities8. Technology and instrumentalisation9. Technology and autism10. Technology, recombination and speed11. Marx, Heidegger and technological neutrality.
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