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It is a peculiarity of cultural history that technology and science have been neglected by philosophy in quite different ways. Technology was ignored altogether; while the philosophical aspects of science were substituted for the scientific aspects of philosophy.
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Feibleman, J.K. (1982). Introduction: The Background. In: Technology and Reality. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7455-5_1
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