Philosophy of Technology in Spanish Speaking Countries

Preface; C. Mitcham. Analytic Table of Contents. Introduction: El desafío de la tecnología: Authors and Issues in Philosophy of Technology in the Spanish-Speaking World; C. Mitcham. Part I: From Chile: Technology and Politics: Toward Artificial History? M. García de la Huerta I. Globalization: Homogenization with an Increasing Technological Gap; M. García de la Huerta I. Thinking Machines and the Crisis of Modern Reason; E. Sabrovsky J. Ethics, Science, and Technology; C. Verdugo S. Part II: From Costa Rica: Contributions to the Philosophy of Technology in Costa Rica; L.A. Camacho Naranjo. Science, Technology, and Development: Some Models of their Relationship; L.A. Camacho Naranjo. Ethics, Pernicious Technology, and the `Technological Argument’; E.R. Ramírez Briceño. Part III: From Mexico: Technology and Basic Needs: Proposal for a Debate on Fundamental Criteria; E. Dussel. On Technique; J. Gaos. Technological Objects and their Epistemological Base; H. Padilla. Satellites and our Morality; L. Zea. Part IV: From Spain: Technology and Human Nature; M.L. García-Merita. Philosophy, Technology, and Society; M. Medina. Does Technology `Construct’ Scientifc Reality? R. Queraltó Moreno. The Design and Evaluation of Technologies: Some Conceptual Issues; M.A. Quintanilla. From World 3 to the Social Assessment of Technology: Remarks on Science, Technology, and Society; J. Sanmartín. Genethics: the Social Assessment of the Risks and Impacts of Genetic Engineering; J. Sanmartín. Part V: From Venezuela: Science, Technology, History, and Philosophy in the Cultural Atmosphere of our Time;J.D. García Bacca. The Present and Future of Humanity; E. Mayz Vallenilla. Education for Freedom versus Socio-Technical Control by Pedagogical Means; L. Molina P. Part VI: From Other Americas: Two Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Technics and their Meaning for Latin America; R. Fornet-Betancourt. Science, Technology, and Society Education in the Latin American Context; M.M. Peña Borrero. The Moral Vision of Technology in Contemporary Latin American Fiction; J. Robinett. The Social Implications of Information Technologies: a Latin American Perspective; J. Sutz. Name Index.