A companion to the philosophy of technology / edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis, Stig Andur Pedersen and Vincent F. Hendricks.

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Drawing on essays from leading international and multi-disciplinary scholars, A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology is the first comprehensive and authoritative reference source to cover the key issues of technology's impact on society and our lives. Presents the first complete, authoritative reference work in the field Organized thematically for use both as a full introduction to the field or an encyclopedic reference Draws on original essays from leading interdisciplinary scholars Features the most up-to-date and cutting edge research in the interdisciplinary fields of philosophy, technology, and their broader intellectual environments

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This work is a disappointment. Contained within this hefty tome are 98 articles that revolve loosely around the philosophy of technology. The problem is that the operational term here is "loosely." Most of the articles are deep and insightful, as one would expect from the authors who penned them, and a fair number even pertain directly or tangentially to the philosophy of technology. But at least a third of them could have been omitted with no diminution of the meaningful content of the book, and a few seem to be noticeably lacking in knowledge of the current state of the fields they cover. In what this reviewer takes to be a bit of poor editing and selection, the articles are a jumble that fails to create consensus, meaningful dialogues and oppositions, or a level coverage of the field. One is faced with a chaotic miscellany that prevents the formation of a coherent picture of their scope or even the determination of where to begin the conversation. The book is certainly worth consideration for some of the truly wonderful articles it does contain, but as the companion to the field that it claims to be, it is lacking. Summing Up: Optional. Academic libraries, lower-division undergraduate and above. P. L. Kantor University at Albany