Philosophy of technology - Topics

Every 3D printed object is a copy and there is no original to compare it with Does a tool carry values or only the intentions of whoever holds it? Mumford's megamachine: is the pyramid a machine or a bureaucracy? Ellul refused the idea that a hammer is politically neutral Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death nailed the feed and missed the smartphone entirely If a model writes the poem is the author the model or the prompt writer? Do machines count as artificial objects in the anthropological sense Time travel stories reveal more about physics than about storytelling The Chinese room still has no answer that satisfies both sides Why does calling something artificial already decide the argument? Actor-network theory treats a door closer and a minister as the same kind of actor Borgmann's device paradigm: why does a heater hide the skill of making fire? What does it mean to be human when a chatbot passes the imitation game? Is a mass-produced chair still an artificial object the way a mountain is natural? What does it mean to say a design has an intended function Feenberg says technology is not neutral but it is also not fate Why does Plato's techne sit below episteme in the Republic? Uploading a mind assumes the brain is software Transhumanism turned a philosophy of enhancement into a product roadmap What counts as an artificial object if a bird builds the nest Precautionary principle vs innovation principle is a fight about who bears the burden Heidegger said the essence of technology is nothing technological Postphenomenology asks how a thermometer changes what we call a fever Arendt separated labor from work and automation is erasing the difference Why every generation imagines the future as its own present plus gadgets