John Dewey's Pragmatic Technology

by Larry A. Hickman

Overview

"... a comprehensive canvass of Dewey's logic, metaphysics,
aesthetics, philosophy of history, and social thought."Â  --
Choice

"... a major addition to the recent accumulation of
in-depth studies of Dewey." -- Journal of Speculative
Philosophy

"Larry Hickman has done an exemplary job in
demonstrating the relevance of John Dewey's philosophy to modern-day discussions of
technology."Â  -- Ethics

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253114747
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	03/22/1990
Series:	Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	380 KB

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword by Don
Ihde
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations

Chapter
1: Locating Dewey's Critique of Technology
Chapter 2: Knowing as a
Technological Artifact
Chapter 3: Productive Skills in the
Arts
Chapter 4: From Techne to Technology
Chapter 5: Theory,
Practice, and Production
Chapter 6: Instruments, History, and Human
Freedom
Chapter 7: Publics as Products

Epilogue:
Responsible Technology

Appendix: Pagination Key to Works
Cited
Notes
Index