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Item Details
Title:
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CHALLENGING THE PHENOMENA OF TECHNOLOGY
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By: |
Matt Hayler |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£60.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1137377860 |
ISBN 13: |
9781137377869 |
Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Pub. date: |
8 May, 2015 |
Series: |
New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science |
Description: |
This book investigates what 'technology' is, what it helps us to do, and what it forces us to consider about our experience of being in the world. Using e-readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, as a case study, this work argues that the use of technology is more complicated and more human than public discussion often gives it credit for. |
Synopsis: |
What is 'technology'? What does it help us to do? What does it force us to consider about our experience of being in the world? In Challenging the Phenomena of Technology, technology is positioned as an experience with specific features, rather than as a class of objects, and this enables a reflection on the ways in which amateurs and experts interact with the artefacts that all humans rely upon. Using e-readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, as a case study, Hayler argues that the use of technology is both more complicated and more human than public discussion often gives it credit for, forcing us to consider its impacts on perception, cognition, and what it means to know anything at all. |
Illustrations: |
2 figures, 1 black & white tables |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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