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Ferré, Frederick Pond was born on March 23, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nels F.S. and Katharine Louise (Pond) Ferré.
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In this widely taught introductory survey, Frederick Ferré explains the fundamental concerns and methods of philosophy and then guides readers through a philosophical inquiry into some of the major issues surrounding technology's impact on our lives. The first half of the book concentrates on key definitions and epistemological issues, including an overview of philosophy as applied to technology, a definition of technology, and an examination of technology as it relates to practical and theoretical intelligence―especially how high technology relates to modern science and how science depends on technical craft. The second half addresses the problems of living with technology. Ferré contrasts Karl Marx's and Buckminster Fuller's "bright" visions of technology and modern existence with the "somber" visions of Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse. Next, in offering direction for an ethical assessment of technology, Ferré poses questions about workplace automation, computers, nuclear energy, Third World development, and genetic engineering. Finally, the book considers debates about the mutual influences between technology and religion, and technology and metaphysics. A glossary and a list of suggested further readings are included. Providing a philosophical framework that will remain timely in the face of rapid technological change, Philosophy of Technology will help students in both the sciences and liberal arts to examine comprehensively their own and society's fundamental beliefs and attitudes about technology.
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(Wherever I have gone, recently, among educated Christians...)
Wherever I have gone, recently, among educated Christians in Britain and A merica, I have encountered profound curiosity and a good deal of anxiety concerning modern methods in philosophy as they relate to the logical nature and validity of theological affirmations. Similarly I have found many of my students in contemporary philosophy and in the philosophy of religion becoming deeply absorbed in the issues raised by a critical examination of theological speech. From both groups, the intellectually alert Christians and the thoughtful graduate and undergraduate students of philosophy and religion, I have been heavily bombarded with appeals for direction to some book which would (1) set forth the central issues and arguments concerning theological discourse for readers who have familiarity with traditional philosophy but who are relatively untrained in contemporary philosophical practices and (2) place into perspective the present state of philosophical and theological discussion in this area of burgeoning interest. To my frustration, I have had to answer such requests with the admission that no such book exists and with the promise that I would try, some day, to provide that book myself. In preparing this volume, therefore, I have done my best to keep those promises in mind. A word or two here concerning my use of the phrase theological language may prevent misunderstanding later. I do not employ this phrase in its narrow sense to refer merely to the discourse of academic theologians. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to
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The aim of this book is to provide a fresh point of view on issues of central importance to a critical and comprehensive understanding and assessment of religion.
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Being and Value begins with a discussion on metaphysics, showing the vital relationship between human life and the philosophical placement of value, and emphasizing the current transition from the old mechanical worldview to the postmodern alternative inspired by ecology. Being and Value shows how intimately premodern philosophy bound value into the fabric of things, and analyzes the expulsion of value from factual being during the modern period. Special attention is given to beauty: What is the relationship between the subjective and objective conditions of beauty? Is the beauty of nature merely the product of human appreciation? The answer is that beauty--and value--is a more potent ingredient in the structure of things than modern reductionism allows.
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Modern thought, finally free from premodern excesses of belief, immediately fell prey to excesses of doubt. This book points toward a postmodern approach to knowing that moves beyond the tired choice between dogma and skepticism. Its key deconstructive aim is to help contemporary philosophers see that their paralyzing modern "epistemological gap" is a myth. Its positive outcome, however, reverses the identification of "postmodern" with deconstruction rather than construction, with the "end of philosophy" rather than renewal in philosophy.
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Ferré, Frederick Pond was born on March 23, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nels F.S. and Katharine Louise (Pond) Ferré.
Student, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1951. AB summa cum laude (Professor Augustus Howe Buck fellow), Boston University, 1954. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy (Fulbright fellow, Kent fellow), University St. Andrews, Scotland, 1959.
Visiting assistant professor philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1958-1959;
assistant professor religion, Mount Holyoke College, 1959-1962;
associate professor philosophy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1962-1967;
professor philosophy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1967-1980;
Charles A. Dana professor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1970-1980;
professor philosophy, head department philosophy and religion, U. Georgia, Athens, 1980-1984;
head department philosophy, U. Georgia, Athens, 1984-1988;
chairman faculty of environmental ethics, U. Georgia, Athens, 1984-1991;
research professor of philosophy, U. Georgia, since 1988. Visiting professor Southern Methodist U., 1964-1965, Bucknell U., 1965-1966, Pittsburgh Theol.Sem., 1968-1969, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1970-1971, Vancouver School Theology, 1978, Iliff School Theology, 1983, U. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1986. Eli Lilly visiting professor science, theology and human values Purdue University, 1974-1975.
Visiting professor philosophy and technical public policy Vanderbilt University, 1977-1978.
(Being and Value begins with a discussion on metaphysics, ...)
(Wherever I have gone, recently, among educated Christians...)
( In this widely taught introductory survey, Frederick Fe...)
(Ferre opens the reader up to a world where the dichotomie...)
(The aim of this book is to provide a fresh point of view ...)
(Modern thought, finally free from premodern excesses of b...)
Director Concepts of Nature and God, National Endowment of the Humanities, Athens, 1987. Member American Association University Professors (national council 1973-1976), American Philosophical Association (program committee 1973-1974, nominating committee 1980-1982), Philosophy Science Association, Metaphys. Society of America (program chairman 1971-1972, councillor 1975-1979, president, 2004), American Theological Society (executive committee 1970-1973, treasurer 1972-1973, vice president 1975-1976, president 1976-1977), National Humanities Faculty, American Council Learned Societies (delegate 1982-1985), Society Philosophy of Religion (president 1985-1986), Phi Beta Kappa (president chapter 1971-1974).
Married Marie Booth, June 8, 1954 (divorced July 18, 1980). 1 child, Katharine Marie. Married Barbara Meister, June 12, 1982.