The Future for Fixing

Sean F. Johnston

The Future for Fixing

In Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith. Montreal, QC, Canada: (2020)

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Abstract

This concluding chapter of _Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith_ examines the widespread overconfidence in present-day and proposed 'technological fixes', and provides guidelines - social, ethical and technical - for soberly assessing candidate technological solutions for societal problems.

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technological fix futurism forecasting philosophy of technology environmental ethics

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20th Century Philosophy, Miscellaneous in 20th Century Philosophy

Culture and Cultures in Social and Political Philosophy

Environmental Ethics in Applied Ethics

History of Science, Misc in General Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Social Science

Scientific Change in General Philosophy of Science

Social Ethics in Applied Ethics

Social Philosophy in Social and Political Philosophy

Sociology of Science in General Philosophy of Science

Technology Ethics in Applied Ethics

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