Preface to the Second Edition | p. 11 |
Preface to the First Edition | p. 13 |
General Introduction | p. 15 |
The Modern Predicament | |
Introduction | p. 21 |
The Fate of the Earth | p. 25 |
Why McDonald's French Fries Taste So Good | p. 41 |
Defining Technology | |
Introduction | p. 49 |
Technology: Practice and Culture | p. 53 |
Defining Technique | p. 65 |
The Knowing World of Things | p. 75 |
The Device Paradigm | p. 95 |
The Blessings of Technology | |
Introduction | p. 105 |
Can Technology Replace Social Engineering? | p. 109 |
The Role of Technology in Society | p. 117 |
Technology and Culture in a Developing Country | p. 139 |
The Autonomy of Technology and Its Philosophical Critics | |
Introduction | p. 157 |
The Autonomy of Technique | p. 163 |
Toward a Philosophy of Technology | p. 175 |
Reverse Adaptation and Control | p. 197 |
Artifacts, Neutrality, and the Ambiguity of "Use" | p. 209 |
In Praise of Technology | p. 219 |
The Autonomy of Technology | p. 229 |
Demystifying Autonomous Technology through the History of Technology | |
Introduction | p. 243 |
Is Technology Autonomous? | p. 247 |
Do Machines Make History? | p. 257 |
Social Choice in Machine Design: The Case of Automatically Controlled Machine Tools, and a Challenge for Labor | p. 267 |
Technological Momentum | p. 287 |
The Ruination of the Tomato | p. 297 |
Technology, Ethics, and Politics | |
Introduction | p. 307 |
Presumed Neutrality of Technology | p. 313 |
Technology and Politics in Totalitarian Regimes | p. 329 |
The Political Impact of Technical Expertise | p. 351 |
From Information to Communication: The French Experience with Videotex | p. 367 |
Citizen Virtues in a Technological Order | p. 383 |
Technological Ethics in a Different Voice | p. 403 |
Appropriate Technology | |
Introduction | p. 417 |
Authoritarian and Democratic Technics | p. 421 |
Less Work for Mother? | p. 429 |
Appropriate Technology and Inappropriate Politics | p. 437 |
Computers, Information, and Virtual Reality | |
Introduction | p. 457 |
Technorealism: An Overview | p. 463 |
The Computerized Office: Productivity Puzzles | p. 467 |
Virtual Reality: The Future of Cyberspace | p. 487 |
Technologies of the Individual: Women and Subjectivity in the Age of Information | p. 499 |
Information and Reality | p. 515 |
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