Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn

Editors: Franssen, M., Vermaas, P.E., Kroes, P., Meijers, A.W.M. (Eds.)
Gives an overview of the current state of debate in the philosophy of technology
Brings together work from two distinct traditions in the philosophy of technology: one social-scientific and the other philosophical
Presents a rethinking of the place of philosophy of technology in philosophy in general

This volume features 16 essays on the philosophy of technology that discuss its identity, its position in philosophy in general, and the role of empirical studies in philosophical analyses of engineering ethics and engineering practices.
This volume is published about fifteen years after Peter Kroes and Anthonie Meijers published a collection of papers under the title The empirical turn in the philosophy of technology, in which they called for a reorientation toward the practice of engineering, and sketched the likely benefits for philosophy of technology of pursuing its major questions in an empirically informed way.
The essays in this volume fall apart in two different kinds. One kind follows up on The empirical turn discussion about what the philosophy of technology is all about. It continues the search for the identity of the philosophy of technology by asking what comes after the empirical turn. The other kind of essays follows the call for an empirical turn in the philosophy of technology by showing how it may be realized with regard to particular topics. Together these essays offer the reader an overview of the state of the art of an empirically informed philosophy of technology and of various views on the empirical turn as a stepping stone into the future of the philosophy of technology.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
6 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics
Philosophy of Technology
Engineering (general)

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