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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - Reflections on Technology

Course Information

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL), European Cultural Studies (ECS)
Number: 328
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 60 contact hours, 4 semester credits, 6 quarter credits

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Summary

Reflects on recent developments in technology and the technosciences that explicitly blur distinctions between the natural and the artificial, the human and the mechanic, the technical and the symbolic. Does this through a philosophico-historical account of the dynamics of technology, one that offers a framework within which the ethical dilemmas posed by such blurring can be situated and debated.

Full Description

Reflects on recent developments in technology and the technosciences that explicitly blur distinctions between the natural and the artificial, the human and the mechanic, the technical and the symbolic. Does this through a philosophico-historical account of the dynamics of technology, one that offers a framework within which the ethical dilemmas posed by such blurring can be situated and debated.

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Reflections on Technology

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