In Search of an Integrative Vision for Technology Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Systems

"This book provides a fascinating reading experience for anyone interested in an inquiring relationship between technical progress and the quality of the human condition. It manages to keep a healthier balance between these two complex topics than is found in most publications of the genre, too...

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Other Authors: Strijbos, Sytse (Editor), Basden, Andrew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Contemporary Systems Thinking
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520 |a "This book provides a fascinating reading experience for anyone interested in an inquiring relationship between technical progress and the quality of the human condition. It manages to keep a healthier balance between these two complex topics than is found in most publications of the genre, too often they consist either of much technology and little philosophy or the converse.... The book also manages to build accessible bridges over the gulf that tends to separate the philosophical language from the 'real' concerns of technologists." Dr. h.c. Heinz K. Klein is Associate Professor Emeritus at SUNY Binghamton, USA and Leverhulme Chaired Professor, Salford University, UK "The last few years I have become increasingly concerned about the way interdisciplinarity is being used to create more specialized subdisciplines rather than broadening our perspectives. And the ways that interdisciplinarity often marginalizes if it does not leave out completely the humanities. I think this is a major mistake, and one this book clearly aims to address." Carl Mitcham is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines and faculty affiliate of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado, USA "This book provides a well-structured and thought-provoking collection of papers about how systems thinking can be employed to provide an integrated perspective on the development and use of technology." Dr. Mike C. Jackson is Professor of Management Systems and Dean of Hull University Business School ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Editors Sytse Strijbos lectures philosophy of technology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and North West University (Potchefstroom Campus). Andrew Basden is Professor of Human Factors and Philosophy in Information Systems at the University of Salford, U.K.