Wojciech W. Gasparski is professor emeritus of humanities at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He now serves as a vice-rector for research at L. Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management and is editor-in-chief of the Praxiology series. He has published numerous volumes and over three hundred articles and conference papers. Timo Airaksinen is professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki and the vice president of the International Berkeley Society. He is the author of over two hundred and fifty publications in seven languages.
PART ONE: Technology and Praxiology Problem Areas of the Philosophy of
Technology, The Praxiological Concept of Technology, Positive Feedback and
Praxiology: Path Dependence in Action, PART TWO: Action and Innovation
Praxiology and the Effectiveness of Information and Communication
Technologies, Application of Systemic-Structural Theory of Activity to
Design and Management of Work Systems, The Smart Questions Approach:
Changing Problem Solving to Creating Solutions, Routine Innovation and the
Estrangement of the Past, Hans Reichenbach and his Techno-optimism, PART
THREE: The World of Technology and Its Ethics Human and Machine Centred
Technologies: A Philosophical and Ethical Analysis, Material Culture and
the Conditions for the Good Life: Albert Borgmann on Thinking about Ethics
in Technological Culture, Technology Changing Medical Ethics, Quality as an
Ethical Issue: Technical and Economic Aspects: A Small IT Companies Case,
How to Achieve Ethical Goals for Business: The Rise of Technology and the
Spirit of Global Corporate Responsibility, In Search of Corporate Social
Responsibility Essence
