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Thinking otherwise : philosophy, communication, technology
- Title
- Thinking otherwise : philosophy, communication, technology / David J. Gunkel.
- Author
- Gunkel, David J.
- Publication
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BD213 .G86 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 228 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Thinking Otherwise is a unique and revealing look at the philosophical dimensions of information and communication technology (ICT). The book investigates the unique quandaries, complications, and possibilities introduced by a form of otherness that veils, through technology, the identity of the other."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Philosophy/communication
- Uniform Title
- Philosophy/communication
- Subject
- Other minds (Theory of knowledge)
- Other (Philosophy)
- Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
- Communication and technology
- Information technology > Social aspects
- Communication > Social aspects
- Communication and technology
- Communication > Social aspects
- Information technology > Social aspects
- Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
- Technik
- Philosophie
- Kommunikation
- ICT
- Ethiek
- Kennistheorie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-218) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Critique of digital reason : toward a method of thinking otherwise -- What's the matter with books? -- Second thoughts : toward a critique of the digital divide -- VRx : media technology, drugs, and codependency -- The virtual dialectic : rethinking The matrix and its significance -- The machine question : ethics, alterity, and technology -- Concluding otherwise.
- ISBN
- 9781557534361
- 1557534365
- LCCN
- 2006038903
- OCLC
- ocm76836073
- 76836073
- SCSB-9578359
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library