Technology and the character of contemporary life :
[Book]
a philosophical inquiry /
Albert Borgmann.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1984.
302 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-292) and index.
Part 1. The problem of technology. Technology and theory -- Theories of technology -- The choice of a theory -- Scientific theory -- Scientific explanation -- The scope of scientific explanation -- Science and technology -- Part 2. The character of technology. The promise of technology -- The device paradigm -- The foreground of technology -- Devices, means, and machines -- Paradigmatic explanation -- Technology and the social order -- Technology and democracy -- The rule of technology -- Political engagement and social justice -- Work and labor -- Leisure, excellence, and happiness -- The stability of technology
Part 3. The reform of technology. The possibilities of reform -- Deictic discourse -- The challenge of nature -- Focal things and practices -- Wealth and the good life -- Political affirmation -- The recovery of the promise of technology.