9.15.2009

Philosophy of Technology: Chapter 42 (Carl Mitcham)

"Three Ways of Being-With Technology" (1990)

Background notes:
  • Born in 1941, Mitcham is currently Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines
  • Mitcham was a conscientious objector during Vietnam War
  • Mitcham has worked to promote ethical reflection on technology, and "aspires to advance philosophical, ethical, and policy understanding within the relevant and overlapping professional communities in ways that may deepen democratic public intelligence"
  • Mitcham has a long history of work in engineering ethics and the theory and practice of interdisciplinary education and research. Mitcham was also one of the founders of New Directions: Science, Humanities, Policy 
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