Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Part One THE PROBLEM OF TECHNOLOGY
1 Technology and Theory 3
2 Theories of Technology 7
3 The Choice of a Theory 12
4 Scientific Theory 15
S Scientific Explanation 17
6 The Scope of Scientific Explanation 22
7 Science and Technology 26
Part Two THE CHARACTER OF TECHNOLOGY 33
8 The Promise of Technology 35
9 The Device Paradigm 40
10 The Foreground of Technology 48
11 Devices, Means, and Machines 57
12 Paradigmatic Explanation 68
13 Technology and the Social Qrder 78
14 Technology and Democracy 85
15 The Rule of Technology 101
16 Political Engagement and Social Justice 107
17 Work and Labor 114
18 Leisure, Excellence, and Happiness 124
19 The Stability of Technology 143
1•11rt Three THE REFORM OF TECHNOLOGY 155
20 The Possibilities of Reform 157
21 Deictic Discourse 169
22 The Challenge. of Nature 182
23 Focal Things and Practices 196
24 Wealth and the Good Life 210
25 Political Affirmation 226
26 The Recovery of the Promise of Technology 246
Notes 251
Index 293