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Comment: What is Alternative Technology? A Reply to Professor Stanley Carpenter

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Philosophy and Technology

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 80))

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Modern man is dissatisfied with the technology we have and would replace it with another. Three very different reasons are given for this. I will divide my treatment of them under three headings, listing the reason in each case together with a reply.

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Sachsse, H. (1983). Comment: What is Alternative Technology? A Reply to Professor Stanley Carpenter. In: Durbin, P.T., Rapp, F. (eds) Philosophy and Technology. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7124-0_9

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