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According to Carl Mitcham in his authoritative historical survey of the relationship between philosophy and technology,1 there are two broad and partially overlapping types of questions that should be and have been addressed by writers in the field. Mitcham labels them “metaphysical/-epistemological” (others would just say “definitional”) and “ethical/political.”
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Durbin, P.T. (1983). Introduction: Some Questions for Philosophy of Technology. 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_1
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