[Revised entry by Maarten Franssen, Gert-Jan Lokhorst, and Ibo van de Poel on March 6, 2023.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
If philosophy is the attempt “to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term”, as Sellars (1962) put it, philosophy should not ignore technology. It is largely by technology that contemporary society hangs together. It is hugely important not only as an economic force but also as a cultural force. Indeed during the last two centuries, when it gradually emerged as a discipline, philosophy of technology has mostly been concerned with the meaning of…
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