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A personal account of the aging body and advanced technologies by a preeminent philosopher of technology Medical Technics is a rigorous examination of how medical progress has modified our worlds and contributed to a virtual revolution in longevity. Don Ihde offers a unique autobiographical tour of medical events experienced in a decade, beginning in his 70s. Ihde offers experiential and postphenomenological analyses of technologies such as sonography and microsurgery, and ultimately asks what it means to increasingly become a cyborg.  Forerunners: Ideas First Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead

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Author:   Don Ihde
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 17.80cm
ISBN:  

9781517908300

ISBN 10:   1517908302
Pages:   94
Publication Date:   30 September 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Don Ihde is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stony Brook University, New York.

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