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21Philosophy at Virginia Tech. He recently published Thinking About Tech-nology (Seven Bridges Press, 2000) and is co-editor of the forthcoming Pro-duction and Diffusion of Publish Choice (Blackwells, 2003). He is currently working on a new project concerning the role of innovative instrumenta (review)Perspectives on Science 9 (4). 2001.
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9New Directions in the Philosophy of TechnologySpringer Verlag. 1995.In this collection we finally find the philosophy of technology, a young and rapidly developing area of scholarly interest, making contact with history of science and technology, and mainstream epistemological and metaphysical issues. The sophistication of these papers indicates the maturity of the field as it moves away from the advocacy of anti-technology ideological posturing toward a deeper understanding of the options and restraints technological developments provide. The papers presented h…Read more
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21The Character of Galilean EvidencePSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1986. 1986.We examine Galileo's theory of evidence as presented in his Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems. It is argued that for Galileo evidence not only had to be tied to the senses, but, that for purposes of evidential relevance, epistemologically significant experience is only of terrestrial objects and events. This account forms the first part of an argument for understanding Galileo as an instrumentalist. The second part of the argument consists in examining Galileo's views on the limits of know…Read more
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43Hume and Peirce on Belief, or, Why Belief Should Not Be Considered an Epistemic CategoryTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 41 (2). 2005.
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24Review of Carla Rita Palmerino (ed.), J.m.M.h. Thijssen (ed.), The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion in Seventeenth-Century Europe (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005 (7). 2005.
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50On the Philosophy of Technology, Past and FutureTechné: Research in Philosophy and Technology 1 (1-2): 18-22. 1995.
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5Introduction: Through the Looking GlassIn Joseph Pitt (ed.), The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions, D. Reidel. pp. 1--18. 1978.
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81The question is how do Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEMs) give us access to the nano world? The images these instruments produce, I argue, do not allow us to see atoms in the same way that we see trees. To the extent that SEMs and STMs allow us to see the occupants of the nano world it is by way of metaphorical extension of the concept of “seeing”. The more general claim is that changes in scientific instrumentation effect changes in the concepts central to our understanding of scientific resu…Read more
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30Small Talk: Nanotechnology and MetaphorSpontaneous Generations 2 (1): 90. 2008.The general topic I am addressing concerns the epistemological role of the use of metaphor in the philosophy of science. More specifically, I am concerned with the role metaphor plays in scientific and technological change. In the case in point, nanotechnology, I will explore the role of metaphor in changing our conception of the confirmation of the plausibility of theoretical notions. The basic idea is that metaphors either offer or suggest images that are meant to persuade one to change one’s …Read more
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Galileo, Human Knowledge, and the Book of Nature. Method Replaces MetaphysicsTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 57 (2): 359-360. 1995.
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6Doing Philosophy: Rescher's Normative MethodologyPoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 64 135-145. 1998.
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18The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Technology (edited book)Routledge. 2016.A volume of essays concerned with mapping out future domains in philosophy of technology, it will serve as an excellent text in a variety of courses. Since the future belongs to the young, in addition to established scholars there are many fresh voices featured. The scope of the essays range from data discrimination to space junk and beyond. This volume offers a glimpse into the future of philosophy of technology, laying out the land in contemporary philosophy technology. The organization maps o…Read more
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83The dilemma of case studies: Toward a heraclitian philosophy of sciencePerspectives on Science 9 (4): 373-382. 2001.What do appeals to case studies accomplish? Consider the dilemma: On the one hand, if the case is selected because it exemplifies the philosophical point, then it is not clear that the historical data hasn't been manipulated to fit the point. On the other hand, if one starts with a case study, it is not clear where to go from there—for it is unreasonable to generalize from one case or even two or three.
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Human beings as technological artifactsIn John R. Dakers (ed.), Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework, Palgrave-macmillan. 2006.
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44Reconsidering the legacy of Thomas kuhn; editor's introductionPerspectives on Science 9 (4): 371-372. 2001.
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General Philosophy of Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
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General Philosophy of Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |