PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IBD

Sinopsis

Preface, C. Mitcham. Analytic Table of Contents. Introduction: El desaf¡o de la tecnolog¡a: Authors and Issues in Philosophy of Technology in the Spanish-Speaking World, C. Mitcham. Part I: From Chile: Technology and Politics: Toward Artificial History? M. Garc¡a de la Huerta I. Globalization: Homogenization with an Increasing Technological Gap, M. Garc¡a de la Huerta I. Thinking Machines and the Crisis of Modern Reason, E. Sabrovsky J. Ethics, Science, and Technology, C. Verdugo S. Part II: From Costa Rica: Contributions to the Philosophy of Technology in Costa Rica, L.A. Camacho Naranjo. Science, Technology, and Development: Some Models of their Relationship, L.A. Camacho Naranjo. Ethics, Pernicious Technology, and the `Technological ArgumentâÇÖ, E.R. Ram¡rez Briceño. Part III: From Mexico: Technology and Basic Needs: Proposal for a Debate on Fundamental Criteria, E. Dussel. On Technique, J. Gaos. Technological Objects and their Epistemological Base, H. Padilla. Satellites and our Morality, L. Zea. Part IV: From Spain: Technology and Human Nature, M.L. Garc¡a-Merita. Philosophy, Technology, and Society, M. Medina. Does Technology `ConstructâÇÖ Scientifc Reality? R. Queraltó Moreno. The Design and Evaluation of Technologies: Some Conceptual Issues, M.A. Quintanilla. From World 3 to the Social Assessment of Technology: Remarks on Science, Technology, and Society, J. Sanmart¡n. Genethics: the Social Assessment of the Risks and Impacts of Genetic Engineering, J. Sanmart¡n. Part V: From Venezuela: Science, Technology, History, and Philosophy in the Cultural Atmosphere of our Time,J.D. García Bacca. The Present and Future of Humanity, E. Mayz Vallenilla. Education for Freedom versus Socio-Technical Control by Pedagogical Means, L. Molina P. Part VI: From Other Americas: Two Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Technics and their Meaning for Latin America, R. Fornet-Betancourt. Science, Technology, and Society Education in the Latin American Context, M.M. Peña Borrero. The Moral Vision of Technology in Contemporary Latin American Fiction, J. Robinett. The Social Implications of Information Technologies: a Latin American Perspective, J. Sutz. Name Index.