John Dewey's Pragmatic Technology

" ... a comprehensive canvass of Dewey's logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of history, and social thought." --Choice " ... a major addition to the recent accumulation of in-depth studies of Dewey." --Journal of Speculative Philosophy "Larry Hickman has done an exemplary job in demonstrating the relevance of John Dewey's philosophy to modern-day discussions of technology." --Ethics

• Editor's Foreword by Don IhdeAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAbbreviationsChapter 1: Locating Dewey's Critique of TechnologyChapter 2: Knowing as a Technological ArtifactChapter 3: Productive Skills in the ArtsChapter 4: From Techne to TechnologyChapter 5: Theory, Practice, and ProductionChapter 6: Instruments, History, and Human FreedomChapter 7: Publics as ProductsEpilogue: Responsible TechnologyAppendix: Pagination Key to Works CitedNotesIndex