PART 1. INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY? 1. Introduction Case/Technology: Nuclear Technology and the Atomic Bomb 1.1. Thinking about Technology? 1.2. Approach, Structure of the Book, and Overview of Chapters 2. History and Landscape Case: Technology, Knowledge, and Memory 2.
1. Beginnings: Two Ancient Myths In Focus: Bernard Stiegler 2.2. A Brief History of the Discipline Technology: The Time Machine 2.3. Historical Context, Landscape of the Discipline, and Critical Questions Technology: The Industrial Revolution In Focus: Carl Mitcham PART 2. THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY STARTING FROM THEORY 3. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics: Heidegger, McLuhan, and Contemporary Work Case/Technology: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and the Question about Mastery 3.
1. Heidegger''s Essay Concerning Technology: Beyond an Instrumental Understanding of Technology In Focus: Martin Heidegger 3.2. McLuhan''s Understanding of Media In Focus: Marshall McLuhan In Focus: Maurice Merleau-Ponty Case/Technology: The Internet 3.3. Some Contemporary Work in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Technology Case/Technology: Artificial Intelligence In Focus: Hubert Dreyfus 4. Postphenomenology, Material Hermeneutics, and Mediation Theory Case/Technology: Driving a Car 4.1.
Introduction: The Empirical Turn 4.2. Ihde''s Postphenomenology and Material Hermeneutics In Focus: Don Ihde Case/Technology: Robot as Quasi-Other 4.3. Contemporary Postphenomenology and Mediation Theory In Focus: Peter-Paul Verbeek Technology/Case: Medical Sonography/Ultrasound 4.4. Critical Discussion 5. Critical Theory and Feminism Case: Digital Technologies in a Corporate and Capitalist Context 5.
1. Marx: Political Economy and Technology In Focus: Karl Marx 5.2. Marx 2.0.: Social media and Exploitation Case/Technology: Social Media and Web 2.0 5.3.
Critical Theory about Technology Beyond Marx: From Marcuse and Foucault to Feenberg and Winner In Focus: Michel Foucault Case: Surveillance: The Panopticon and Airport Security Case: Biased Algorithms and Algorithms Not in the Interest of Consumers: Job Selection, Criminal Justice, and Online Stores In Focus: Andrew Feenberg In Focus: Langdon Winner 5.4. Feminist Thinking about Technology Case: Design of Household Robots In Focus: Donna Haraway 5.5. Critical Discussion 6. Pragmatism, Analytic Approaches, and Transcultural Philosophy Case/Technology: Neonatal Care and Technology 6.1. Pragmatism In Focus: John Dewey 6.
2. Analytic Philosophy of Technology Technology: Money and Contemporary Financial Technologies (Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain) In Focus: John Searle''s Social Ontology 6.3. Intercultural and Transcultural Philosophy of Technology? In Focus: Gilbert Simondon Case/Technology: Digital Communication Technologies and The Good Life PART 3 . THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY STARTING FROM TECHNOLOGY 7. From Information Technologies to Philosophy and Ethics of Information Technology: Digital and Virtual Worlds, The Matrix, and Beyond 7.1. Introduction In Focus: Norbert Wiener 7.
2. All about Information: Floridi''s Philosophy and Ethics of Information Case/Technology: Fake News and the Internet 7.3. Critical Discussion 7.4. Conclusions for Philosophy of Technology 8. From Robotics and AI to Thinking about Moral Status and Human Relationships Case: Self-Driving Cars 8.1.
Introduction 8.2. Moral Machines? The Discussion about Moral Agency Case: Biased Algorithms 8.3. The Discussion about Moral Patiency 8.4. Changing the Question: Toward More Relational Thinking In Focus: Emmanuel Levinas 8.5.
The Debate about Sex Robots and Human Relationships: Feminist (or Egalitarian) Questions Technology: Sex Robots 8.6. Humans, Non-Humans, and the More-Than-Human 9. From Genetic Engineering and Cyborgs to Transhumanism and Posthumanism Case/Technology: Gene Editing 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Transhumanism and Human Enhancement 9.
3. Posthumanism and Cyborgs In Focus: Haraway In Focus: Stelarc In Focus: Bruno Latour 10. From Climate Change and Geoengineering to Questioning "Nature" and Thinking in and about the "Anthropocene" Case/Technology: (Solar) Radiation Management as a Method of Geoengineering 10.1. Introduction: Earth, We Have a Problem 10.2. The Problem With "Nature": Modern Versus Non-Modern Approaches Case/Technology: Central Heating Versus Wood-Burning Stove 10.3.
The Anthropocene: Some Philosophical Responses PART 4. THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BY GOING BEYOND PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY (PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY +) 11. Philosophy of Technology and Other Philosophy: (Re)Connecting with Other Philosophical Subdisciplines Case/Technology: Social Media (2) and Its Effects on our Lives 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Ethics and Moral Philosophy: Thinking about Virtue and Thinking about Technology 11.3.
Philosophical Anthropology: Thinking about the Human and Thinking about Technology Technology: Cochlear Implants 11.4. Philosophy of Language: Thinking about Language and Thinking about Technology In Focus: John Searle Ludwig Wittgenstein 11.5. Other Subfields: Some Examples 11.6. Conclusions for Philosophers of Technology 12. Philosophy of Technology and Other Academic Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity Case/Technology: Robotics and Interdisciplinarity 12.
1. Introduction 12.2. Some Examples of Transdisciplinary Work for Philosophers of Technology In Focus: Deborah Johnson Technology: Humanoid Robots In Focus: Wiebe Bijker 12.3. Challenges for Transdisciplinary Work 13. Philosophy of Technology and Other Practices Beyond Academia Case/Technology: "Killer Drones" and Activism 13.1.
Beyond Academia: Innovation, Policy, and Art In Focus: Jeroen Van Den Hoven In Focus: Robert Frodeman Technology: Smartphones, Tablets, and Other Smart Devices 13.2. Some Directions and Recommendations Concerning the Future of Research in Philosophy of Technology and Its Potential Implications for Education.