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PHIL 2120

Philosophy of Technology

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Philosophical investigations of the nature of technology and the influence it has on our relationships with others, the natural world, and ourselves. Key themes may include the relation between technology and science and the role of technology in personal identity, social justice, and well-being.

2021

Topics

  • “Philosophy of Science and Technology”
  • “What Is Technology? Defining or Characterizing Technology”
  • “Technocracy”
  • “Rationality, Technological Rationality, and Reason”
  • “Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Technology”
  • “Technological Determinism”
  • “Autonomous Technology”
  • “Human Nature: Tool-making or Language?”
  • “Women, Feminism, and Technology”
  • “Non-Western Technology and Local Knowledge”
  • “Anti-technology: Romanticism, Luddism, and the
  • “Social Constructionism and Actor-network Theory”
  • Chapter Twelve

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): a course in philosophy or second-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.

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