New Waves in Philosophy of Technology Book

List of Figures vii

Foreword Don Ihde viii

Series Preface xiv

Acknowledgements xv

Notes on the Contributors xvi

Introduction Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Evan Selinger Soren Riis 1

Part I History of Philosophy and Technology

1 Homo faber: the Unity of the History and Philosophy of Technology Keekok Lee 13

2 Becoming through Technology Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen 40

Part II Technology: Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues

3 Quick-Freezing Philosophy: an Analysis of Imaging Technologies in Neurobiology Robert Rosenberger 65

4 How to Read Technology Critically David M. Kaplan 83

5 The McLuhans and Metaphysics Graham Harman 100

6 The Question Concerning Thinking Soren Riis 123

7 Understanding Technology Ontotheologically, or: the Danger and the Promise of Heidegger, an American Perspective Iain Thomson 146

Part III Technology: Ethical and Political Issues

8 Human Enhancement and Personal Indentity Philip Brey 169

9 The Future of Humanity Nick Bostrom 186

10 Technology, the Environment and the Moral Considerability of Artefacts Benjamin Hale 216

11 Cultivating Humanity: towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology Peter-Paul Verbeek 241

Part IV Comparative Philosophy of Technology

12 Technology Transfer and Globalization: a New Wave for Philosophy of Technology? Evan Selinger 267

13 Philosophy of Technology as Empirical Philosophy: Comparing Technological Scales in Practice Casper Bruun Jensen Christopher Gad 292

Index 315