A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field
Philosophy of technology was not initially considered a consolidated field of inquiry. However, under the influence of sociology and pragmatist philosophy, something resembling a consensus has emerged in a field previously marked by a lack of agreement amongst its practitioners. This has given the f...
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Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy
2020-12-01
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| description | Philosophy of technology was not initially considered a consolidated field of inquiry. However, under the influence of sociology and pragmatist philosophy, something resembling a consensus has emerged in a field previously marked by a lack of agreement amongst its practitioners. This has given the field a greater sense of structure and yielded interesting research. However, the loss of the earlier “messy” state has resulted in a limitation of the field’s scope and methodology that precludes an encompassing view of the problematic issues inherent in the question of technology. It is argued that the heterodox disunity and diversity of earlier philosophy of technology was not a mark of theoretical immaturity but was necessitated by the field’s complex subject matter. It is further argued that philosophy of technology should return to its pluralistic role as a meta-analytical structure linking insights from different fields of research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c208495722da476db8681f5990931fff2023-08-02T03:35:34ZcesCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of PhilosophyTeorie vědy1210-02501804-63472020-12-0142223125210.46938/tv.2020.491381A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic FieldGregory Morgan Swer0Jean Du ToitWalter Sisulu UniversityPhilosophy of technology was not initially considered a consolidated field of inquiry. However, under the influence of sociology and pragmatist philosophy, something resembling a consensus has emerged in a field previously marked by a lack of agreement amongst its practitioners. This has given the field a greater sense of structure and yielded interesting research. However, the loss of the earlier “messy” state has resulted in a limitation of the field’s scope and methodology that precludes an encompassing view of the problematic issues inherent in the question of technology. It is argued that the heterodox disunity and diversity of earlier philosophy of technology was not a mark of theoretical immaturity but was necessitated by the field’s complex subject matter. It is further argued that philosophy of technology should return to its pluralistic role as a meta-analytical structure linking insights from different fields of research.http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/491philosophy of technologypragmatismsocial construction of technologylewis mumford |
| spellingShingle | Gregory Morgan Swer Jean Du Toit A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field Teorie vědy philosophy of technology pragmatism social construction of technology lewis mumford |
| title | A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field |
| title_full | A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field |
| title_fullStr | A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field |
| title_short | A Manifesto for Messy Philosophy of Technology: The History and Future of an Academic Field |
| title_sort | a manifesto for messy philosophy of technology the history and future of an academic field |
| topic | philosophy of technology pragmatism social construction of technology lewis mumford |
| url | http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/491 |
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