Bodies in Technology

Don Ihde

154 pages, parution le 20/02/2002

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Résumé

New technologies suggest new ideas about embodiment: our "reach" extends to global sites through the Internet; we enter cyberspace through the engines of virtual reality. In this book, a leading philosopher of technology explores the meaning of bodies in technology-how the sense of our bodies and of our orientation in the world is affected by the various information technologies.

Bodies in Technology begins with an analysis of embodiment in cyberspace, then moves on to consider ways in which social theorists have interpreted or overlooked these conditions. An astute and sensible judge of these theories, Don Ihde is a uniquely provocative and helpful guide through contemporary thinking about technology and embodiment, drawing on sources and examples as various as video games, popular films, the workings of e-mail, and virtual reality techniques.

Charting the historical, philosophical, and practical territory between virtual reality and real life, this work is an important contribution to the national conversation on the impact technology-and information technology in particular-has on our lives in a wired, global age.

Don Ihde is distinguished professor in the Department of Philosophy, and is also affiliated with the history of science and women's studies programs, at SUNY, Stony Brook.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Bodies in Technology

Pt. I Bodies, from Real to Virtual

1 Bodies, Virtual Bodies, and Technology 3
2 The Tall and the Short of It 16

Pt. II Bodies in the Philosophy of Science

3 Visualism in Science 37
4 Perceptual Reasoning 50

Pt. III Bodies in Science Studies

5 You Can't Have It Both Ways 67
6 Failure of the Nonhumans 88

Pt. IV Bodies in the Philosophy of Technology

7 Prognostic Predicaments 103
8 Phil-Tech Meets Eco-Phil 113

Epilogue: Technoscience and "Constricted Perceptions" 127
Notes 139
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Univeristy of Minesota Press
Auteur(s)	Don Ihde
Parution	20/02/2002
Nb. de pages	154
Format	15 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	247g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780816638468
ISBN13	978-0-8166-3846-8