Europe, America, and Technology: Philosophical Perspectives

INTRODUCTION: The Development of Technology in Eastern and Western Europe.- I Symposium on Ivan Illich.- Ivan Illich's Philosophy of Technology: Introduction.- Tools for Conviviality: Argument, Insight, Influence.- Ivan Illich and Deschooling Society: A Reappraisal.- Ivan Illich's Medical Nemesis: Fifteen Years Later.- Ivan Illich's H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness.- II Miscellany.- The Technology of Desire: John Dewey, Social Criticism, and the Aesthetics of Human Existence.- Ideology, Technocracy, and Knowledge Utilization.- Technology and Scientific Concepts: Mechanics and the Concept of Mass in Archimedes.- The Limited Promise of Technology Assessment.- Adam Smith and Alma Mater: Technology and the Threat to Academic Freedom.- III Symposium on Education in Science, Technology, and Values.- Symposium on Education in Science, Technology, and Values: Introduction.- Science and Technology Education as Civic Education.- STS, Critical Thinking, and Philosophy for Children.- STS Education and the Paradox of Green Studies.