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Technology Studies · Introductory guide

History & philosophy of technology

How do artifacts and technical systems shape human life?

Overview

Technological change, design, human experience, and values. Studying technology means examining artifacts and their histories as well as the purposes and assumptions embedded in them.

Historical context

Long-standing historical and philosophical inquiry

Key thinkers

Lewis Mumford · Martin Heidegger · Andrew Feenberg

Selected reading