Designing information technology in the postmodern age : from method to metaphor /
Coyne, Richard.
Designing information technology in the postmodern age : from method to metaphor / Richard Coyne. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations - Leonardo Book Ser. . - Leonardo Book Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-386) and index.
Computers and praxis -- Who is in control? -- Deconstruction and information technology -- Where in the world is cyberspace? -- Representation and reality -- Systematic design -- Metaphors and machines.
Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age puts the theoretical discussion of computer systems and information technology on a new footing. Shifting the discourse from its usual rationalistic framework, Richard Coyne shows how the conception, development, and application of computer systems is challenged and enhanced by postmodern philosophical thought. He places particular emphasis on the theory of metaphor, showing how it has more to offer than notions of method and models appropriated from science. Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophical thinking - including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction - comparing them and showing how they differ in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications, computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia. He also probes the claims made of information technology, including its presumptions of control, its so-called radicality, even its ability to make virtual worlds, and shows that many of these claims are poorly founded. Among the writings Coyne visits are works by Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Gadamer, Derrida, Habermas, Rorty, and Foucault. He relates their views to information technology designers and critics such as Herbert Simon, Alan Kay, Terry Winograd, Hubert Dreyfus, and Joseph Weizenbaum. In particular, Coyne draws extensively from the writing of Martin Heidegger, who has presented one of the most radical critiques of technology to date.
English.
058502555X (electronic bk.) 9780585025551 (electronic bk.) 9780262270885 (electronic) 0262270889 (electronic) 0262518945 9780262518949 (acid-free paper) (acid-free paper)
2373 MIT Press 9780262270885 MIT Press
95008253
GB96-1470
Information technology.
System design.
Technology.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer networks.
Technology
Information Systems
Computer Communication Networks
Technologie de l'information.
Conception de systèmes.
Technologie.
Systèmes d'information.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
information technology.
COMPUTERS--Software Development & Engineering--Systems Analysis & Design.
Information technology.
System design.
Technology.
Information systems.
Computer Communication Networks.
Information technology.
System design.
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Information Technology.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction CULTURAL STUDIES/Critical Theory
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
T58.5 / .C69 1995eb
004.2/1/01
Designing information technology in the postmodern age : from method to metaphor / Richard Coyne. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations - Leonardo Book Ser. . - Leonardo Book Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-386) and index.
Computers and praxis -- Who is in control? -- Deconstruction and information technology -- Where in the world is cyberspace? -- Representation and reality -- Systematic design -- Metaphors and machines.
Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age puts the theoretical discussion of computer systems and information technology on a new footing. Shifting the discourse from its usual rationalistic framework, Richard Coyne shows how the conception, development, and application of computer systems is challenged and enhanced by postmodern philosophical thought. He places particular emphasis on the theory of metaphor, showing how it has more to offer than notions of method and models appropriated from science. Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophical thinking - including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology, critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction - comparing them and showing how they differ in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications, computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia. He also probes the claims made of information technology, including its presumptions of control, its so-called radicality, even its ability to make virtual worlds, and shows that many of these claims are poorly founded. Among the writings Coyne visits are works by Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Gadamer, Derrida, Habermas, Rorty, and Foucault. He relates their views to information technology designers and critics such as Herbert Simon, Alan Kay, Terry Winograd, Hubert Dreyfus, and Joseph Weizenbaum. In particular, Coyne draws extensively from the writing of Martin Heidegger, who has presented one of the most radical critiques of technology to date.
English.
058502555X (electronic bk.) 9780585025551 (electronic bk.) 9780262270885 (electronic) 0262270889 (electronic) 0262518945 9780262518949 (acid-free paper) (acid-free paper)
2373 MIT Press 9780262270885 MIT Press
95008253
GB96-1470
Information technology.
System design.
Technology.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer networks.
Technology
Information Systems
Computer Communication Networks
Technologie de l'information.
Conception de systèmes.
Technologie.
Systèmes d'information.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
information technology.
COMPUTERS--Software Development & Engineering--Systems Analysis & Design.
Information technology.
System design.
Technology.
Information systems.
Computer Communication Networks.
Information technology.
System design.
Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Information Technology.
COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction CULTURAL STUDIES/Critical Theory
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
T58.5 / .C69 1995eb
004.2/1/01