Questioning Philosophers of Technology

摘要

In their book Philosophy of Technology: 5 Questions, Jan-Kyre Berg Olsen and Evan Selinger pose the same five questions to twenty-four leading voices in the field. Intriguing general themes, and also telling contrasts, emerge from the variety of viewpoints advanced in these interviews. Those interviewed include Joseph Agassi, Albert Borgmann, Mario Bunge, Harry Collins, Paul Durbin, Andrew Feenberg, Joan H. Fujimura, Peter Galison, Allan Hanson, Donna J. Haraway, N. Kathrine Hayles, Don Ihde, Ian C. Jar-vie, Bruno Latour, Bill McKibben, Carl Mitcham, Andrew Pickering, Daniel Sarewitz, Evan Selinger, Dan A. Seni, Peter Singer, Susan Leigh Star, Isabelle Stengers, and Lucy Suchman. Here, I consider the value of this volume as both a contribution to, and a shaping force within, the developing field of philosophy of technology. I then examine some common themes that can be abstracted from the collected interviews.