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Don Ihde | |
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| Born | January 14, 1934 Hope, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 17, 2024 (aged 90) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Hermeneutic phenomenology (Postphenomenology)[1] |
Main interests | Philosophy of science, philosophy of technology |
Notable ideas | Experimental phenomenology, instrumental realism |
Don Ihde (January 14, 1934 – January 17, 2024) was an American philosopher of science and technology.[1] In 1979 he wrote what is often identified as the first North American work on philosophy of technology,[2] Technics and Praxis.
Before his retirement, Ihde was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 2013 Ihde received the Golden Eurydice Award.[3]
Ihde was the author of over twenty original books and the editor of many others. He gave numerous lectures and seminars internationally, and some of his books and articles have appeared in a dozen languages.
Ihde died on January 17, 2024, three days after his 90th birthday.[4][5]
- ^ a b Katinka Waelbers, Doing Good with Technologies: Taking Responsibility for the Social Role of Emerging Technologies, Springer, 2011, p. 77.
- ^ Paul T. Durbin "Philosophy of technology: in search of discourse synthesis", Technè: Research in Philosophy and Technology 10:2, Winter 2006, pp. 95–96: "Don Ihde's Technics and Praxis is the first full-scale philosophical analysis of technology by an American to appear in English"
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- ^ "In Memoriam: Don Ihde (1934–2024)". Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "In the News". Stony Brook University. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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