Overview
Examines both what technology is and and how we can assess it
Rethinks technology from three key philosophical perspectives, namely, ontology, ethics, and aesthetics
Seeks to reveal both the nature and the value of technical artifacts
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Despite numerous publications on the philosophy of technology, little attention has been paid to the relationship between being and value in technology, two aspects which are usually treated separately. This volume addresses this issue by drawing connections between the ontology of technology on the one hand and technology’s ethical and aesthetic significance on the other.
The book first considers what technology is and what kind of entities it produces. Then it examines the moral implications of technology. Finally, it explores the connections between technology and the arts.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Enrico Terrone is Associate Professor at the University of Genoa, Italy. He works on philosophical issues concerning aesthetics, ontology and technology. His main area of research is philosophy of film. His most recent previous book (co-authored with Luca Bandirali) is Concept TV: An Aesthetics of Television Series (2021).
Vera Tripodi is Assistant Professor at the University of Milan, Italy. She specializes in feminist philosophy and ethics, bioethics, ethics of technology, and social ontology. She is a Founding Member and Vice President of the SWIP ITALIA (The Society for Women in Philosophy – Italy).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Being and Value in Technology
Editors: Enrico Terrone, Vera Tripodi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88793-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88792-6Published: 04 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88795-7Published: 05 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88793-3Published: 03 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 220
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Ethics, Ontology, Aesthetics