[Air-l] special issue on Borgmann available online

[Charles Ess]

Colleagues:
For those of you interested in philosophy of technology as a framework (one
of _many_, of course) for Internet research, you may find the recent special
issue of _Techne: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology_
of value:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v6n1/

The special issue is devoted to Albert Borgmann's 1999 _Holding on to
Reality: : The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium_, which I
think of a one of the two or three most important books around on IT from a
philosophy of technology perspective.

Yes, my essay is included - in which I shamelessly exploit the work of many
aoir folk, including Nancy Baym, Jan Fernback, Lisa Nakamura (specifically,
her keynote address at aoir 2.0), Malin Sveningsson, and Barry Wellman et
al.

Borgmann replies to the essays, which makes for a very interesting read
indeed.

enjoy!

Charles Ess
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Drury University
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