| John Dewey S Pragmatic Technology Contributor(s): Hickman, Larry A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253207630 ISBN-13: 9780253207630 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1990 Annotation: This book does much to disple the old canard that John Dewey was guilty of "scientism" and a reverent worship of technological progress. Indeed, Dewey predated the Frankfurt school in his warnings about the dangers inherent in a machine culture. With new advances come new problems, and these can only be dealt with through an instrumentalist approach. Dewey also argued that we have no guarantee of success. Natural events can terminate human life and human greed, laziness, or error could have the same result. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 601 |
| LCCN: 8945418 |
| Series: Indiana the Philosophy of Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.2" W x 9.32" (0.82 lbs) 234 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . a comprehensive canvass of Dewey's logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of history, and social thought. --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. --Ethics |