Athena was reportedly born from the head of Zeus. They suffer a natural and historical-not to
say psychological and sociological-growth; only slowly do they develop to maturity. And …

Bibliography of the Philosophy of Technology FOREWORD Slightly more than a half-dozen
years ago the Society for the History of Technology devoted a program session at its annual …

It has often been noticed that philosophy has come to deal with the problems of technology
only in a remarkably late period. The probable reasons for this fact need not be discussed …

Technophilosophy, as I will call the philosophy of technology, was probably founded by
Aristotle. He seems to have been the first to investigate not only the differences between …

I have elsewhere argued that contemporary philosophy of technology has arisen and grown
out of the 'praxis' traditions, particularly those of a concretist orientation, and thus stand in …

It is true that work in the philosophy of technology predates the founding of the Society for
Philosophy and Technology (SPT), and probably would have managed to struggle on even …

Our topic, twenty years of the philosophy of technology, I presume is marking two separate,
but related events. First, the ostensible focus is the appearance of Carl Mitcham's Thinking …

The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are normally conceived of in
practical terms. Corresponding to the instrumental function of technology, they are designed …

Nearing its sixth decade as a subdiscipline in philosophy, the philosophy of science clearly
can be said to be established. Now at the end of its first decade as an organized …

Abstract According to Carl Mitcham in his authoritative historical survey of the relationship
between philosophy and technology, 1 there are two broad and partially overlapping types …