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Praxiology and the philosophy of technology /

Title
Praxiology and the philosophy of technology / edited by Wojciech W. Gasparski, Timo Airaksinen.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Airaksinen, Timo, 1947-
  • Gasparski, Wojciech.
Description
304 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Praxiology, the international annual of practical philosophy and methodology ; 15
Uniform Title
Praxiology (New Brunswick, N.J.) ; v. 15.
Subject
  • Praxeology
  • Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Technology > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Technology and praxiology -- Problem areas of the philosophy of technology / Ladislav Tondl -- The praxiological concept of technology / Wojciech W. Gasparski -- Positive feedback and praxiology : path dependence in action / W.E. Herfel -- Action and innovation -- Praxiology and the effectiveness of information and communication technologies / Krzysztof Klincewicz -- Application of systemic-structural theory of activity to design and management of work systems / Gregory Z. Bedny and Waldemar Karwowski -- The smart questions approach : changing problem solving to creating solutions / Gerald Nadler and William J. Chandon -- Routine innovation and the estrangement of the past / Alberto Guillermo Ranea -- Hans Reichenbach and his techno-optimism / Arto Siitonen -- The world of technology and its ethics -- Human and machine centred technologies : a philosophical and ethical analysis / Timo Airaksinen and Ville Paukkonen -- Material culture and the conditions for the good life : Albert Borgmann on thinking about ethics in technological culture / Topi Heikkerö -- Technology changing medical ethics / Tuija Takala -- Quality as an ethical issue : technical and economic aspects : a small it companies case / Grazyna Ozarek -- How to achieve ethical goals for business : the rise of technology and the spirit of global corporate responsibility / Robert Elliott Allinson -- In search of corporate social responsibility essence / Anna Lewicka-Strzalecka.
ISBN
  • 9781412806824 (alk. paper)
  • 1412806828 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007029486
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library