<p>This ambitious volume exploits Ricouer’s hermeneutics to develop essential guidance to our interpreting multiple dimensions of our lives and concerns vis-à-vis technology broadly and specific technologies such as AI and social media. Going well beyond central schools in contemporary philosophy of technology, such as postphenomenology and the Frankfurt School, it thereby enables us to better respond to these concerns in more ethical and genuinely emancipatory directions. Individual chapters, encapsulated by the editors’ overarching insights, offer a rich tapestry of critique, insight, and foundations for most promising new directions in philosophy of technology. </p>

- Charles M. Ess, professor emeritus, University of Oslo,

Paul Ricœur has been one of the most influential and intellectually challenging philosophers of the last century, and his work has contributed to a vast array of fields: studies of language, of history, of ethics and politics. However, he has up until recently only had a minor impact on the philosophy of technology. Interpreting Technology aims to put Ricœur’s work at the centre of contemporary philosophical thinking concerning technology. It investigates his project of critical hermeneutics for rethinking established theories of technology, the growing ethical and political impacts of technologies on the modern lifeworld, and ways of analysing global sociotechnical systems such as the Internet. Ricœur’s philosophy allows us to approach questions such as: how could narrative theory enhance our understanding of technological mediation? How can our technical practices be informed by the ethical aim of living the good life, with and for others, in just institutions? And how does the emerging global media landscape shape our sense of self, and our understanding of history? These questions are more timely than ever, considering the enormous impact technologies have on daily life in the 21st century: on how we shape ourselves with health apps, how we engage with one-another through social media, and how we act politically through digital platforms.
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Interpreting Technology puts Ricoeur’s work at the center of contemporary philosophical thinking concerning technology. It investigates his project of critical hermeneutics, the growing ethical and political impacts of technologies on the modern lifeworld, and ways of analyzing global sociotechnical systems such as the Internet.

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Introduction: Hermeneutic Philosophy of Technology: A Research Program

Alberto Romele, Wessel Reijers, Mark Coeckelbergh

Part I: Ricoeur and Theories of Technology

Chapter 1: Ricoeur’s Polysemy of Technology and its Reception - Ernst Wolff

Chapter 2: Postphenomenology and the Hermeneutic Ambiguity of Technology – Eoin Carney

Chapter 3: Let’s Narrate That Symmetry! Ricoeur and Latour – Jonne Hoek, Bas de Boer

Chapter 4: Ricoeur’s Critical Theory of Technology – David Kaplan

Chapter 5: Free the Text! A Texture Turn in Philosophy of Technology – Bruno Gransche

Part II: Ricoeur’s Ethics of Technology

Chapter 6: Narrative Self-Exposure on Social Media: From Ricoeur to Arendt in the Digital Age – Annemie Halsema

Chapter 7: Digital Hermeneutics: Will the Real Quantified Self Please Stand Up? – Noel Fitzpatrick

Chapter 8: The Pedagogical Relation in a Technological Age – David Lewin

Chapter 9: Prostheses as Narrative Technologies: Bioethical Considerations for Prosthetic Applications in Health Care – Geoffrey Dierckxsens

Chapter 10: Responsibility, Technology and Innovation: The Recognition of a Capable Agent – Guido Gorgoni, Robert Gianni

Part III: Ricoeur and 21st Century Technology

Chapter 11: Ricœur and E-health – Alain Loute

Chapter 12: The Force of Political Action in the Technological Polis – Todd Mei

Chapter 13: Software and Metaphors: The Hermeneutic Dimensions of Software Development – Eric Chown, Fernando Nascimento

Chapter 14: Narrating Artificial Intelligence: The Story of AlphaGo – Esther Keymolen

Conclusion: Hermeneutic Responsible Innovation

Wessel Reijers, Alberto Romele, Mark Coeckelbergh

Index

About the Contributors

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781538153482
Publisert
2023-03-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield
Vekt
431 gr
Høyde
227 mm
Bredde
151 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Biographical note

Mark Coeckelbergh is professor of the philosophy of media and technology at the University of Vienna.

Alberto Romele is research associate at the IZEW, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen.

Wessel Reijers is postdoctoral Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.