Human—Technology—World.

This essay examines Don Ihde's postphenomological philosophy of technology through the lens of philosophical anthropology, that sub-discipline of philosophy concerned with the nature and place of the human being. While Ihde's philosophical corpus and its reception in Postphenomenology: A Critical Co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 110 - 120
Main Author: Weiss, Dennis M.
Format: Article
Published: Philosophy Documentation Center Spring2008
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Description
Summary:This essay examines Don Ihde's postphenomological philosophy of technology through the lens of philosophical anthropology, that sub-discipline of philosophy concerned with the nature and place of the human being. While Ihde's philosophical corpus and its reception in Postphenomenology: A Critical Companion to Ihde indicate rich resources for thinking about human nature, several themes receive too little attention in both, including the nature of the human being, the emergence of the posthuman, and the place of the human being in our contemporary pluriculture.