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Intro
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Pathways in the Philosophy of Technology in the Portuguese-Speaking Community
References
Part I: Modern Technology and Aporias of Progress
Chapter 2: António Sérgio: Critical Rationalism and Technology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A Philosophy that Advocates Experientialism
2.3 Democracy and Technical Expertise
2.4 A Dialogical and Personalistic Neo-Kantian Ethics
2.5 Mankind and the Machine in the Time of Industry and the First World War
2.6 Cooperativism and the Age of Abundance
2.7 A Humanistic and Unitary View of Development
2.8 Conclusion
References
Sérgio, A. (1915). A opinião pública americana perante a Guerra. A Águia, 2 série, vol. 7, 4648.
Other References
Chapter 3: The God of Artefacts: Vico's Principle and Technology
3.1 Vico's Principle
3.2 Vico's Principle After Vico in Sociological Thought
3.2.1 Sorel and "Artificial Nature"
3.2.2 Bachelard and the Principle of Sufficient Construction
3.2.3 Dewey: A Promethean
3.3 The Limits of Vico's Principle in Technology: Brief Considerations on the Epistemology and Ontology of Technology
3.4 Ultra-Technology
References
Chapter 4: Technique, Readiness-to-Hand and Development
4.1 The Concept of Readiness-to-Hand: The World as Given and the World as Made
4.2 Industrialization and Knowledge of the World
4.3 Overcoming Underdevelopment by the Accumulation of Work
4.4 The Philosophy of Technique: The Inertia of Technique, and Technique as Invention
Chapter 5: Three Essays on Technique, the Artificial and the New Human
5.1 The Living and the Artificial
5.2 Towards the New Man
5.3 Technique as Argument
Chapter 6: Technology and the Lifeworld in Miguel Baptista Pereira
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Biographical Notes and Main Works
6.3 Aspects of Technology in Miguel Baptista Pereira's Thought
6.4 Final Notes
References
Miguel Baptista Pereira's Essays
Other References
Chapter 7: Amílcar Cabral: Agriculture, Technology and Colonialism
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Power of the Rains and Soil Erosion
7.3 Property Rights and Soil Erosion: The Agrarian Problem in a Centre-South Region of Portugal
7.4 Western Power and Black African Tradition: The Adverse Impact on Soil Erosion of the Peanut Crop and Mechanization
7.5 Agriculture in the Politician's Discourse
7.6 Conclusion
References
Amílcar Cabral's Works
Other References
Part II: Technology, Risk and Values
Chapter 8: Riscophrenia: The Risk Fallacy and the Repression of Uncertainty
8.1 Introduction
8.2 From Uncertainty to Risk (and Back Again)
8.3 Measurement as Abracadabra and Calculating Reason
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Pathways in the Philosophy of Technology in the Portuguese-Speaking Community
References
Part I: Modern Technology and Aporias of Progress
Chapter 2: António Sérgio: Critical Rationalism and Technology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A Philosophy that Advocates Experientialism
2.3 Democracy and Technical Expertise
2.4 A Dialogical and Personalistic Neo-Kantian Ethics
2.5 Mankind and the Machine in the Time of Industry and the First World War
2.6 Cooperativism and the Age of Abundance
2.7 A Humanistic and Unitary View of Development
2.8 Conclusion
References
Sérgio, A. (1915). A opinião pública americana perante a Guerra. A Águia, 2 série, vol. 7, 4648.
Other References
Chapter 3: The God of Artefacts: Vico's Principle and Technology
3.1 Vico's Principle
3.2 Vico's Principle After Vico in Sociological Thought
3.2.1 Sorel and "Artificial Nature"
3.2.2 Bachelard and the Principle of Sufficient Construction
3.2.3 Dewey: A Promethean
3.3 The Limits of Vico's Principle in Technology: Brief Considerations on the Epistemology and Ontology of Technology
3.4 Ultra-Technology
References
Chapter 4: Technique, Readiness-to-Hand and Development
4.1 The Concept of Readiness-to-Hand: The World as Given and the World as Made
4.2 Industrialization and Knowledge of the World
4.3 Overcoming Underdevelopment by the Accumulation of Work
4.4 The Philosophy of Technique: The Inertia of Technique, and Technique as Invention
Chapter 5: Three Essays on Technique, the Artificial and the New Human
5.1 The Living and the Artificial
5.2 Towards the New Man
5.3 Technique as Argument
Chapter 6: Technology and the Lifeworld in Miguel Baptista Pereira
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Biographical Notes and Main Works
6.3 Aspects of Technology in Miguel Baptista Pereira's Thought
6.4 Final Notes
References
Miguel Baptista Pereira's Essays
Other References
Chapter 7: Amílcar Cabral: Agriculture, Technology and Colonialism
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Power of the Rains and Soil Erosion
7.3 Property Rights and Soil Erosion: The Agrarian Problem in a Centre-South Region of Portugal
7.4 Western Power and Black African Tradition: The Adverse Impact on Soil Erosion of the Peanut Crop and Mechanization
7.5 Agriculture in the Politician's Discourse
7.6 Conclusion
References
Amílcar Cabral's Works
Other References
Part II: Technology, Risk and Values
Chapter 8: Riscophrenia: The Risk Fallacy and the Repression of Uncertainty
8.1 Introduction
8.2 From Uncertainty to Risk (and Back Again)
8.3 Measurement as Abracadabra and Calculating Reason