Carl Mitcham
Carl Mitcham is a philosopher of technology. Born in 1941, Mitcham is currently Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines[1] and a professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.[2]
He was educated at the University of Colorado (BA, MA) and Fordham University (PhD). Teaching appointments include Berea College (Kentucky), St. Catherine College (Kentucky), Brooklyn Polytechnic University, and Pennsylvania State University. Mitcham was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
Mitcham has worked to promote ethical reflection on technology, and "aspires to advance philosophical, ethical, and policy understanding within the relevant and overlapping professional communities in ways that may deepen democratic public intelligence." [1] Mitcham has a long history of work in engineering ethics and the theory and practice of interdisciplinary education and research. Mitcham was also one of the founders of New Directions: Science, Humanities, Policy [2].
In November 2006 Mitcham received the international World Technology Network award for Ethics.
On May 26, 2010, Prof. Mitcham received the Doctor <<Honoris Causa>> award by the Valencian International University (Valencia, Spain). Prof. López Cerezo made a Eulogy and Prof. Mitcham read the speech entitled "Ethics and Technology: The Axial Age".
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[edit] Books
[edit] As author
- Technology and Religion
- Thinking Through Technology:The Path between Engineering and Philosophy (1994) ISBN 0226531988 (Paper), 0226531961 (Cloth).
- Social and Philosophical Construction of Technology
- Engineering Ethics (with R Shannon Duval) (1999) ISBN 0805364366.
- Ética e ingeniería (with Juan Bautista Bengoetxea) (2010) ISBN 978-84-8448-538-4
[edit] As editor or co-editor
- Philosophy and Technology (1972, 1983, 1986)
- Theology and Technology (1984)
- Ethics and Technology
- Visions of STS: Contextualizing Science, Technology, and Society Studies (2001) ISBN 0791448452.
- Philosophy of Technology Reader
- The Challenges of Ivan Illich: A Collective Reflection (2002)
- Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics (2005)
[edit] See also
- American philosophy
- Philosophy of technology
- Information ethics
- Humanities policy
- Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
- List of American philosophers
[edit] References
- ^ Carl Mitcham at Colorado School of Mines. Hennebach Program in the Humanities.
- ^ Carl Mitcham Faculty page at European Graduate School Biography, bibliography and lectures. (Accessed May 10, 2010)
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- Carl Mitcham @ European Graduate School. Biography, bibliography and lectures.
- Carl Mitcham @ Colorado School of Mines. Hennebach Program in the Humanities.
- Carl Mitcham. Science, Democracy and Philosophy. 2008. Video lecture at European Graduate School
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