A Philosophy of Technology
Vermaas, Peter / Kroes, Peter / Houkes, Wybo / Franssen, Maarten / Poel, Ibo van de
In A Philosophy of Technology: From Technical Artefacts to Sociotechnical Systems, technology is analysed from a series of different perspectives. The analysis starts by focussing on the most tangible products of technology, called technical artefacts, and then builds step-wise towards considering those artefacts within their context of use, and ultimately as embedded in encompassing sociotechnical systems that also include humans as operators...