Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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183097

Of times and things

technology and durability

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent

pp. 279-298

Abstract

To fully accomplish the "thing turn" in the philosophy of technology this paper invites shifting the attention from humans towards the world. The concept of world here refers to the complex made of the Earth with all things and living beings, including humans; it ignores the great divide between nature and society or culture. In this worldly perspective, the thing turn means adopting the perspective of things and raising questions such as how artifacts come into being, how they intervene within the world, how they change it. Such issues are vital to prevent the alienation of technology both from nature and from human beings.

Publication details

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Loeve Sacha, Guchet Xavier, Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette (2018) French philosophy of technology: classical readings and contemporary approaches. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 279-298

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_17

Full citation:

Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette (2018) „Of times and things: technology and durability“, In: S. Loeve, X. Guchet & B. Bensaude-Vincent (eds.), French philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer, 279–298.