Living in a technological culture : human tools & human values /

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Author / Creator:Tiles, Mary.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Description:xi, 212 p.
Language:English
Series:Philosophical issues in science.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2378376
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Other authors / contributors:Oberdiek, Hans, 1937-
ISBN:0415071003
0415071011 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Technological Culture and Its Problems
  • 1. Conflicting Visions of Technology
  • 2. Facts, Values and Efficiency
  • 3. Science, Scientific Method and the Authority of Experts
  • 4. From Applied Science to Techno-Science
  • 5. Technology, Culture and Politics
  • 6. Plant Breeding and the Politics of Hunger
  • 7. Who's Responsible for this Mess?