Olsen Jan-Kyrre Berg - A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to the philosophy of technology / edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis, Stig Andur Pedersen, and Vincent F. Hendricks.
p. cm (Blackwell companions to philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-4601-2 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-1183-4631-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. TechnologyPhilosophy. I. Olsen, Jan Kyrre Berg Friis. II. Pedersen, Stig Andur, 1943
III. Hendricks, Vincent F. IV. Title. V. Series.
T14.C5745 2009
601dc22

2008044192

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William Sims Bainbridge. Co-director of Human-Centered Computing at the National Science Foundation (NSF); part-time Professor of Sociology, George Mason University.

Ulrich Beck. Professor of Sociology, University of Munich; British Journal of Sociology; Visiting Centennial Professor, London School of Economics and Sciences.

Wiebe E. Bijker. Professor of Technology and Society, Maastricht University.

Mieke Boon. Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Twente.

Nick Bostrom. Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University.

Francesca Bray. Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.

Philip Brey. Associate Professor of Philosophy of Technology and chair of the department of philosophy, University of Twente; Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Science (CEPTES).

Louis L. Bucciarelli. Professor emeritus and former director of MITs Technology Studies Program.