Technology and Isolation

Inspired by the desire to facilitate a critical intellectual dialogue between the philosophy of technology and recent developments in ontology, especially critical realism, this detailed analysis is aimed at anyone interested in the nature of technology. As well as contributing to the philosophy of [...]
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Inspired by the desire to facilitate a critical intellectual dialogue between the philosophy of technology and recent developments in ontology, especially critical realism, this detailed analysis is aimed at anyone interested in the nature of technology. As well as contributing to the philosophy of technology, there are chapters on the history, sociology, psychology and economics of technology, contributing to such diverse topics as the circumstances in which the term 'technology' gained currency, the importance of technology to 'social acceleration' and the relation of technology to those with autism. The central theme of the book is the way that notions of isolation weave in and out of the classic accounts of the philosophy of technology, along with a new account of why isolation is so important.