M. Hayler

Challenging the Phenomena of Technology - New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science M. Hayler

Marc Notes: This work investigates what 'technology' is, what it helps us to do, and what it forces us to consider about our experience of being in the world. Using e-readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, as a case study, this work argues that the use of technology is more complicated and more human than public discussion often gives it credit for. Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Fighting The Tools of Our Nature: Technology in the Popular Imagination2. Beyond Common Sense: Technology by definition 3. All Is One But Not For All: Technology as an Object Encountered in the World 4. Brushing Against Reality: Technological Interactions Require Knowledge 5. What Everything Knows: Technologies as an Embodiment of Knowledge Conclusion Bibliography Biographical Note: Dr. Matt Hayler spent three years as a teaching fellow at the University of Exeter where he developed modules in Digital Studies and Critical Theory. During this time he acted as the network coordinator for the AHRC Cognitive Futures in the Humanities research network and spoke at the second TEDxExeter conference on the beauty inherent in technological use. He currently lectures in post-1945 literature at the University of Birmingham.