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9780791481608

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Postphenomenology is the first book devoted exclusively to the interpretation and advancement of prominent phenomenologist Don Ihde's landmark contributions to history, philosophy, sociology, science, sound studies, and technology studies. Ihde has made a direct and lasting impact on the study of technological experience across the disciplines and acquired an international following of diverse scholars along the way, many of whom contribute to Postphenomenology, including Albert Borgmann, who characterizes Ihde as being "among the most interesting and provocative contemporary American philosophers." The contributors situate, assess, and apply Ihde's philosophy with respect to the primary themes that his oeuvre emphasizes. They not only clarify Ihde's work, but also make significant contributions to the philosophy of technology, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and the philosophy of science. A comprehensive response from Ihde concludes the volume.
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I. Phenomenological Style: Ihde’s Unique Voice

1. Simple Grounds: At Home in Experience
Vivian Sobchack

2. From Phenomenology to Pragmatism: Using Technology as an Instrument
Carl Mitcham

Part II. Listening to Ihde: Phenomenology and Sound

3. The Primacy of Listening: Toward a Metaphysics of Communicative Interaction
Lenore Langsdorf

4. Voices in the Electronic Music Synthesizer: An essay in Honor of Don Ihde
Trevor Pinch

5. Visualizing the Musical Object
Judy Lochhead

Part III. Normative Commitments: Ihde at the Crossroads of Ethics and Politics

6. Normative Phenomenology: Reflections on Ihde's Significant Nudging
Evan Selinger

7. Ihde and Technological Ethics
Paul B. Thompson

8. The Morality of Things: A Postphenomenological Inquiry
Peter-Paul Verbeek

Part IV. Heidegger and Ihde

9. Ihde’s Albatross: Sticking to a “Phenomenology” of Technoscientific Experience
Robert C. Scharff

10. Technology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Richard A. Cohen

11. Breakdown
Peter Galison

Part V. Perceiving Bodies

12. Crittercam: Compounding Eyes in NatureCultures
Donna J. Haraway

13. Active and Passive Bodies: Don Ihde’s Phenomenology of the Body
Andrew Feenberg

14. Body and Machines
Donn Welton

15. Ontology Engines
Andrew Pickering

Part VI. Reframing Science

16. From Workbench to Cyberstage
Robert P. Crease

17. Technological Mediation and Embodied Health-Care Practices
Finn Olesen

18. Mediating Between Science and Technology
Albert Borgmann

19. Toward a Practice-Oriented Methodology and Philosophy of Technoscience
Hans Lenk

Part VII. Ihdeology

20. Forty Years in the Wilderness
Don Ihde

Select Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

01 février 2012

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780791481608

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

5 Mo

Albert Borgmann

Richard A. Cohen

Robert P. Crease

Andrew Feenberg

Peter Galison

Donna J. Haraway Don Ihde Lenore Langsdorf Hans Lenk Judy Lochhead Carl Mitcham Finn Olesen Andrew Pickering Trevor Pinch

Robert C. Scharff

Evan Selinger

Vivian Sobchack

Paul B. Thompson PeterPaul Verbeek Donn Welton

POSTPHENOMENOLOGY

A C r i t i c a l C o m p a n i o n t o I h d e

E D I T E D B Y E VA N S E L I N G E R

Postphenomenology

SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Lenore Langsdorf, editor

Postphenomenology

A Critical Companion to Ihde

E D I T E D B Y

Evan Selinger

State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Postphenomenology : a critical companion to Ihde / edited by Evan Selinger. p. cm. — (SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences) “Comprehensive bibliography of Don Ihde”—p. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6787-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7914-6787-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6788-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7914-6788-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ihde, Don, 1934– 2. Philosophy, Modern—20th century. 3. Postmodernism. 4. Phenomenology. I. Selinger, Evan, 1974– II. Series.

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Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Contents

Part I. Phenomenological Style: Ihde’s Unique Voice 1. Simple Grounds: At Home in Experience Vivian Sobchack 2. From Phenomenology to Pragmatism: Using Technology as an Instrument Carl Mitcham

Part II. Listening to Ihde: Phenomenology and Sound 3. The Primacy of Listening: Toward a Metaphysics of Communicative Interaction Lenore Langsdorf 4. Voices in the Electronic Music Synthesizer: An Essay in Honor of Don Ihde Trevor Pinch 5. Visualizing the Musical Object Judy Lochhead

Part III. Normative Commitments: Ihde at the Crossroads of Ethics and Politics 6. Normative Phenomenology: Reﬂections on Ihde’s Signiﬁcant Nudging Evan Selinger 7. Ihde and Technological Ethics Paul B. Thompson

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8. The Morality of Things: A Postphenomenological Inquiry Peter-Paul Verbeek

Part IV. Heidegger and Ihde 9. Ihde’s Albatross: Sticking to a “Phenomenology” of Technoscientiﬁc Experience Robert C. Scharff 10. Technology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Richard A. Cohen 11. Breakdown Peter Galison

Part V. Perceiving Bodies 12. Crittercam: Compounding Eyes in NatureCultures Donna J. Haraway 13. Active and Passive Bodies: Don Ihde’s Phenomenology of the Body Andrew Feenberg 14. Body and Machines Donn Welton 15. Ontology Engines Andrew Pickering

Part VI. Reframing Science 16. From Workbench to Cyberstage Robert P. Crease 17. Technological Mediation and Embodied Health-Care Practices Finn Olesen 18. Mediating Between Science and Technology Albert Borgmann 19. Toward a Practice-Oriented Methodology and Philosophy of Technoscience Hans Lenk

Part VII. Ihdeology 20. Forty Years in the Wilderness Don Ihde Select Bibliography List of Contributors Name Index

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Postphenomenology: A Critical Companion to Ihdeis unique. Although Don Ihde is widely acknowledged as one of the most important American phenomenologists, this is the ﬁrst volume devoted exclusively to the interpre-tation and advancement of his contributions to history, philosophy, sociology, sound studies, science, and technology studies. It contains nineteen essays— most of them written by senior scholars of international distinction from across the disciplines—that situate, assess, and apply Ihde’s philosophy with respect to the primary themes that hisoeuvreemphasizes. The topics ad-dressed include:

Reﬂections on the relation between phenomenologically oriented schol-arship and style. Phenomenologically inspired considerations of how sound is experi-enced. Thoughts on how ethicists and political theorists who are sympathetic to phenomenology might provide normative assessment of science and technology. Suggestions for how contemporary Heidegger scholarship should be conducted. Phenomenologically motivated inquiry into the nature and scope of embodiment. Perspectives on useful ways to integrate phenomenological insights into the study of scientiﬁc practice.

In order to facilitate new dialogue on these matters, the contributors have attended to the former topics in three synergetic ways: (1) some chapters are

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textually oriented and engage directly with Ihde’s written work; (2) some chapters extend Ihde’s insights into new domains of empirical inquiry; and (3) some chapters honor Ihde’s achievements by analyzing phenomena that he has not focused upon; these domains of inquiry are discussed in connec-tion with complimentary contributions that can be found in Ihde’s corpus of work. Ihde’s concluding response clariﬁes how these three kinds of analyses relate to his esteem for interdisciplinary diplomacy and his growing concern about how “generic” continental philosophy is practiced. While the volume covers diverse topics, it is intended to be understood as a work that addresses phenomenology’s legacy and discusses its future possibilities. Although Ihde identiﬁes with the phenomenological tradition, his approach to philosophy differs from both transcendental phenomenology and existential phenomenology. Indeed, on the basis of years of studying Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Paul Ricoeur rigorously, Ihde has come to characterize phenomenology ambivalently. He refers to it as his personal “albatross” and depicts his research as owing a critical debt to, but ultimately diverging from, the paths pursued by phenomenology’s godfathers. In this context, the American pragmatist tradi-tion (notably, John Dewey’s work) has played a signiﬁcant role in shaping Ihde’s thought. Against this background, the reader is invited to consider how phenomenology might be “expanded” into a “post” foundational form of inquiry. Today Ihde refers to his most recent investigations—the hybrid cou-pling of phenomenology and pragmatism—as “postphenomenology”; in the future historians may discuss this classiﬁcation in connection with a whole generation of scholars.

Acknowledgments

This volume could not have been completed without an extended support network. Indeed, I was lucky to have diligent and patient contributors as well as an encouraging and supportive press. Everyone afﬁliated with SUNY Press, notably Lenore Langsdorf, the Series Editor, and Jane Bunker, the Editor-in-Chief, repeatedly went above and beyond the call of duty. Locally, Noreen Selinger, Jennifer Varn, Timothy Engström, Harry Groover, Brian Schroeder, and Peggy Noll provided invaluable philosophical and editorial support. Most of all, I wish to thank Don Ihde. His constant friendship, unwavering opti-mism, and unique manner of approaching philosophical issues have always proven inspirational. As a hermeneutic gesture, the volume is dedicated to him by being presented to the world.

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