John Dewey's Pragmatic Technology

by Hickman, Larry A.

• ISBN13: 9780253327475
• ISBN10: 0253327474
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-03-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

This book does much to disple the old canard that John Dewey was guilty of "scientism" and a reverent worship of technological progress. Indeed, Dewey predated the Frankfurt school in his warnings about the dangers inherent in a machine culture. With new advances come new problems, and these can only be dealt with through an instrumentalist approach. Dewey also argued that we have no guarantee of success. Natural events can terminate human life and human greed, laziness, or error could have the same result.

Table of Contents

Editor+s Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

Locating Dewey+s Critique of Technology

Knowing as a Technological Artifact

Productive Skills in the Arts

From Techne to Technology

Theory, Practice, and Production

Instruments, History, and Human Freedom

Publics as Products

Epilogue: Responsible Technology

Appendix: Pagination Key to Works Cited

Notes

Index

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