Sustainability

PHIL 107: Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology

PHIL 107: Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology

Instructor:

David Sollenberger

Days Taught:

MoWeFr

Time Offered:

12:20pm-1:10pm

Semester Offered:

Fall 2024

This course surveys different views about technology: what counts as technology, what role it plays in society and human development, what benefits it might promote, and what obvious or hidden effects deserve criticism. The course's readings and discussions prompt reflection on the purpose and consequences of technology for your own life, what possibilities it opens and forecloses, and how it modifies, sometimes irreversibly, your environment. Required readings may include current news articles and blog posts, science fiction, historical analyses of technological change, and philosophical investigations of the concept of technology.

Tags:

Arts and Humanities
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