Casper Bruun Jensen and Christopher Gad 293 relation to some ideas within contemporary
anthropology and to a critical discussion about the increasing emphasis on practice. While …

Philosophers of technology now turn to the phenomena in order to learn from them–always,
and unavoidably, selectively. This is important and, as the essays in this book testify …

The history of the philosophy of technology is marked by a transition in its approach to
technology. This transition is often indicated as an 'empirical turn'(Achterhuis 2001; Kroes …

The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are normally conceived of in
practical terms. Corresponding to the instrumental function of technology, they are designed …

Abstract About 15 years ago, Peter Kroes and Anthonie Meijers published as editors a
collection of papers under the title The empirical turn in the philosophy of technology (Kroes …

I have elsewhere argued that contemporary philosophy of technology has arisen and grown
out of the 'praxis' traditions, particularly those of a concretist orientation, and thus stand in …

During the second half of the twentieth century, several philosophers of technology argued
that their predecessors had reflected too abstractly and pessimistically on technology. In the …

Philosophy of technology is a young field, one of the youngest among “philosophies of,” but
since in philosophy development is measured in millennia, this can be a misleading …

Philosophy of technology was not initially considered a consolidated field of inquiry.
However, under the influence of sociology and pragmatist philosophy, something …

This article takes stock of where philosophy of technology is at, and where it has been since
the so-called 'empirical turn'announced around the millennial turn. The article both …