Philosophy: Philosophy of Technology

By Sam Solnick

This book asks what it means to write poetry in and about the Anthropocene, the name given to a geological epoch where humans have a global ecological impact. Combining critical approaches such as ecocriticism and posthumanism with close reading and archival research, it argues that the…

Hardback – 2016-08-01 
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Routledge Environmental Humanities

Edited by Rik Peels

This edited collection focuses on the moral and social dimensions of ignorance—an undertheorized category in analytic philosophy. Contributors address such issues as the relation between ignorance and deception, ignorance as a moral excuse, ignorance as a legal excuse, and the relation between…

Hardback – 2016-07-18 
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Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

By Beth Preston

This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them, most notably an account of improvised action…

Paperback – 2016-07-07 
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Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Edited by Luciano Floridi

Information and Communication Technology occupies a central place in the modern world, with society becoming increasingly dependent on it every day. It is therefore unsurprising that it has become a growing subject area in contemporary philosophy, which relies heavily on informational concepts. The…

Hardback – 2016-06-21 
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Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy

Edited by Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus, Manuela Rossini

In literary studies and beyond, ‘theory’ and its aftermaths have arguably been over-influenced by US- and UK-based institutions, publishers, journals, and academics. Yet the influence of theory in its Anglo-American forms has remained reliant on Continental European ideas. Similar patterns can be…

Hardback – 2016-05-26 
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Edited by Polanyi Festschrift Committee

Originally published in 1961. Michael Polanyi was a polymath who influenced economics and the sciences as well as philosophy. His wide-ranging research in physical science is as well-known as his work on freedom and knowledge and his arguments against positivism and reductionism. This collection of…

Paperback – 2016-05-15 
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Routledge Library Editions: Epistemology

By Michel Puech

Technology is even more than our world, our form of life, our civilization. Technology interacts with the world to change it. Philosophers need to seriously address the fluidity of a smartphone interface, the efficiency of a Dyson vacuum cleaner, or the familiar noise of an antique vacuum cleaner.…

Hardback – 2016-05-06 
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Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

Edited by S.E. Wilmer, Audronė Žukauskaitė

The topic of biopolitics is a timely one, and it has become increasingly important for scholars to reconsider how life is objectified, mobilized, and otherwise bound up in politics. This cutting-edge volume discusses the philosophical, social, and political notions of biopolitics, as well as the…

Hardback – 2015-10-06
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Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Edited by Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell, Emily Ryall

Philosophical Perspectives on Play builds on the disciplinary and paradigmatic bridges constructed between the study of philosophy and play in The Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013) to develop a richer understanding of the concept and nature of play and its relation to human life and value. Made…

Hardback – 2015-08-25
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By Maarten J Verkerk, Jan Hoogland, Jan van der Stoep, Marc J. de Vries

Philosophy of Technology: An introduction for technology and business students is an accessible guide to technology’s changes , their ubiquitousness, and the many questions these raise. Designed for those with no philosophical background in mind, it is ideal for technology and engineering students…

Paperback – 2015-07-29
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Edited by Oliver Schlaudt, Lara Huber

The application of standard measurement is a cornerstone of modern science. In this collection of essays, standardization of procedure, units of measurement and the epistemology of standardization are addressed by specialists from sociology, history and the philosophy of science.…

Hardback – 2015-07-09
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History and Philosophy of Technoscience

By John Armitage

Paul Virilio is an innovative figure in the study of architecture, space, and the city. Virilio for Architects primes readers for their first encounter with his crucial texts on some of the vital theoretical debates of the twenty-first century, including: Oblique Architecture and Bunker…

Paperback – 2015-07-02
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Thinkers for Architects