Literature and technology by Mark L. Greenberg, Lance Schachterle

By Mark L. Greenberg, Lance Schachterle

The essays during this assortment argue that literature from the center a long time to the current has been formed -- thematically, officially, and materially -- by way of expertise, and within the such a lot useful experience applied sciences have additionally been remodeled through their depiction particularly texts.

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GREENBERG LANCE SCHACHTERLE Page 13 Introduction: Literature and Technology Mark L. Greenberg Lance Schachterle Why Literature and Technology? " His pairing of substantives reflected his belief that "literature" and "science" name the principal sources of knowledge about all the various parts of our experience. As a critic concerned to assess the value of these several kinds of knowing, Arnold argued that "literature" represented what could be learned about human nature, while "science" designated the systematic investigation of the physical environment.

CARL MITCHAM is a member of the philosophy department and of the Science, Technology, Society Program at Penn State University. His publications include Philosophy and Technology (1972, 1983), Bibliography of the Philosophy of Technology, (1973, 1985), Theology and Technology (1984), and most recently Ethical Issues Associated with Scientific and Technological Research In the Military (1989). DAVID PORUSH is the author of The Soft Machine: Cybernetic Fiction (1985) and Rope Dances, a collection of short stories (1979).

1954 German philosopher Martin Heidegger includes "Die Frage nach der Technik" (from a series of lectures originally delivered in 1949) in Voträge und Aufsätze. French sociologist Jacques Ellul's La Technique published. 1956 Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI, or Association of German Engineers) establishes a special "Mensch und Technik" study group to investigate "Philosophie der Technik" and related topics. 1965 Society for the History of Technology organizes a symposium on "Toward a Philosophy of Technology" at a joint meeting with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco; expanded proceedings subsequently appear in Technology and Culture (1966).

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