What things do : Philosophical reflections on technology, agency, and design

By:

Verbeek, Peter-Paul, 1970- [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: İngilizce Original language: German University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005Description: viii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0271025395
9780271025391
0271025409
9780271025407

Uniform titles:

De daadkracht der Dingen. English

Subject(s):

Technology -- Philosophy

LOC classification:

T14 .V48 2005

Contents:

Technology and the self -- The thing about technology -- Postphenomenology -- A material hermeneutic -- The acts of artifacts -- Devices and the good life -- Artifacts in design

Summary: Focuses on how technologies mediate our actions and our world perceptions. Peter-Paul Verbeek examines the philosophy of technology formulated by Jaspers and Heidegger, and extends the work of more recent philosophers of technology. He shows how his "postphenomenological" approach applies to the technological practice of industrial designers

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon / Main Collection	Merkez Kütüphane	Genel Koleksiyon	T14 .V48 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0054952

Technology and the self -- The thing about technology -- Postphenomenology -- A material hermeneutic -- The acts of artifacts -- Devices and the good life -- Artifacts in design

Focuses on how technologies mediate our actions and our world perceptions. Peter-Paul Verbeek examines the philosophy of technology formulated by Jaspers and Heidegger, and extends the work of more recent philosophers of technology. He shows how his "postphenomenological" approach applies to the technological practice of industrial designers

Translated from the Dutch

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