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The philosophy of technology is the philosophical investigation of artefacts, systems, and the practices they sustain. It is younger than most of philosophy and older than most of computing — its modern form took shape in the mid-20th century, when Heidegger, Ellul, and Mumford each independently concluded that the technological systems of industrial modernity had begun to reshape the humans inside them. Key sections include: Ethics of Technology.; Opening The question concerning technology.; Chapter I Heidegger on enframing.; Chapter II Ellul on technique.; Chapter III Mumford on the megamachine.; Chapter IV Postman and media ecology.; Chapter V Do artefacts have politics?; Chapter VI Borgmann on the device paradigm.; Chapter VII Verbeek and post-phenomenology.; Chapter VIII Floridi on the infosphere..
