Medical Technics (Forerunners: Ideas First)

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Synopsis
A personal account of the aging body and advanced technologies by a preeminent philosopher of technologyMedical 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 FirstShort books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead
Copyright:
2019

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
94 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781452962153
Related ISBNs:
9781517908300
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
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Copyrighted By:
University of Minnesota Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Medicine, Philosophy
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