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Medical Technics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Medical Technics
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Don Ihde
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| Series | Forerunners: Ideas First |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:94 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy of science |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781517908300
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| Classifications | Dewey:612.68 |
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| Audience | | General | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Publication Date |
30 September 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A personal account of the aging body and advanced technologies by a preeminent philosopher of technology Medical Technics is a rigorous examination of how medical progress has modified our worlds and contributed to a virtual revolution in longevity. Don Ihde offers a unique autobiographical tour of medical events experienced in a decade, beginning in his 70s. Ihde offers experiential and postphenomenological analyses of technologies such as sonography and microsurgery, and ultimately asks what it means to increasingly become a cyborg. Forerunners: Ideas First Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead
Author Biography
Don Ihde is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stony Brook University, New York.
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