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BL
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876047
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| Main Entry
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Borgmann, Albert.
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| Title & Author
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Technology and the character of contemporary life : : a philosophical inquiry /\ Albert Borgmann.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 1984.
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302 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0226066282
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: 0226066290
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: 9780226066288
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: 9780226066295
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-292) and index.
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| Contents
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Part 1. The problem of technology. Technology and theory -- Theories of technology -- The choice of a theory -- Scientific theory -- Scientific explanation -- The scope of scientific explanation -- Science and technology -- Part 2. The character of technology. The promise of technology -- The device paradigm -- The foreground of technology -- Devices, means, and machines -- Paradigmatic explanation -- Technology and the social order -- Technology and democracy -- The rule of technology -- Political engagement and social justice -- Work and labor -- Leisure, excellence, and happiness -- The stability of technology
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Part 3. The reform of technology. The possibilities of reform -- Deictic discourse -- The challenge of nature -- Focal things and practices -- Wealth and the good life -- Political affirmation -- The recovery of the promise of technology.
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| Subject
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Technology-- Philosophy.
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Technologie-- Philosophie.
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Technology-- Philosophy.
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Teknik-- sociala aspekter.
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technika és filozófia
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| Dewey Classification
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303.4/83
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| LC Classification
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T14.B63 1984
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08.42bcl
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50.00bcl
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50.02bcl
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