Technology and the Future: On Dreaming the Impossible
Abstract. My comment on Ethics in an Age of Technology, volume 2 of Ian G. Barbour's Gifford Lectures, acknowledges the excellence of Barbour's depictions of the social-cum-technological problems facing humanity in the coming millennium. Barbour's proposed solutions, too, are reasonab...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell
1996
|
| In: |
Zygon
Year: 1996, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-99 |
| Further subjects: | B
practical intelligence
B Technology B Practice B Instrument B vertical integration B speculative intelligence B obscurantism B Artifact B anarchic mentality |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1827951478 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20221220052606.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 221220s1996 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00011.x |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1827951478 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1827951478 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Ferré, Frederick |e VerfasserIn |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Technology and the Future: On Dreaming the Impossible |
| 264 | 1 | |c 1996 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Abstract. My comment on Ethics in an Age of Technology, volume 2 of Ian G. Barbour's Gifford Lectures, acknowledges the excellence of Barbour's depictions of the social-cum-technological problems facing humanity in the coming millennium. Barbour's proposed solutions, too, are reasonable—but usually presuppose fundamental reforms in social values, especially within the powerful industrialized societies. Without further analysis of technology and values, this seems to make such solutions “impossible dreams.” My thesis is that clear analysis of the ideal aspects of technology (as itself the embodiment of knowledge and values), plus clues from Alfred North Whitehead on the dynamics of social change, can reinforce hope even in “impossible” dreams. First, technology, though embodied in solid material machinery and powerful social institutions, is no more “solid” than constant reaffirmation of the values behind it (as was the case with the Berlin Wall). Second, great ideals, over time, have the power to help create the conditions of their own possibility. Social change is both “pushed” by coercive forces (e.g., climate changes) and “pulled” by great values (e.g., human dignity). Therefore there are practical benefits to be gained from attending to, and celebrating, even currently “impossible” dreams as they work to make themselves possible. | ||
| 601 | |a Technologie | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a vertical integration | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Technology | |
| 650 | 4 | |a speculative intelligence | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Praxis | |
| 650 | 4 | |a practical intelligence | |
| 650 | 4 | |a obscurantism | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Instrument | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Artifact | |
| 650 | 4 | |a anarchic mentality | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Zygon |d Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 1966 |g 31(1996), 1, Seite 93-99 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)300593570 |w (DE-600)1482903-4 |w (DE-576)090854799 |x 1467-9744 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:31 |g year:1996 |g number:1 |g pages:93-99 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00011.x |x Resolving-System |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00011.x |x Verlag |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 935 | |a mteo | ||
| 936 | u | w | |d 31 |j 1996 |e 1 |h 93-99 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| ITA | |a 1 |t 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 4235356380 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1827951478 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20221220052606 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 221220||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 035 |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-12-06#6F01CDF73E55A7CF3E6C9E390E2F3C4F9E805747 | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixrk |a zota | ||
| OAS | |a 1 |b inherited from superior work | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| STA | 0 | 0 | |a Instrument,Practice,Experience |
| STB | 0 | 0 | |a Instrument,Praxis,Pratique,Pratique |
| STC | 0 | 0 | |a Instrumento,Práctica |
| STD | 0 | 0 | |a Prassi,Strumento |
| STE | 0 | 0 | |a 实践 |
| STF | 0 | 0 | |a 實踐 |
| STG | 0 | 0 | |a Instrumento,Prática |
| STH | 0 | 0 | |a Инструмент,Практика |
| STI | 0 | 0 | |a Όργανο,Πράξη,Πρακτική |
| SUB | |a REL | ||
| SYE | 0 | 0 | |a Instrumente |