{"product_id":"prospective-philosophy-of-software-a-simondonian-study-hardback-9781786304438","title":"Prospective Philosophy of Software; A Simondonian Study (Hardback) 9781786304438","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProspective Philosophy of Software\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Simondonian Study\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColine Ferrarato (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781786304438, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.259 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eComputer software (operating systems, web browsers, word processors, etc.) structure our daily lives. Comprising both a user interface and the electronic circuits of the machine it is printed to, software represents a hybrid object at the crossroads of materiality and immateriality. But is it, strictly speaking, a �technical object�?  By examining the status of software against the criteria of philosophy of classic techniques, in particular that of Gilbert Simondon, this book lays the groundwork of a philosophical reflection on this subject.  Further, in order to help introduce readers to problematics, lines of code and explanatory schemas have been provided.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Simondon’s Philosophy of Technics: A Work Program\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. A philosophy of technicity 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.1. Simondonian functionalism 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.2. The question of the localization of technicity 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.3. The question of the representatives of technicity 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. The Simondonian method: approaching the technical object as closely as possible 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1. The epistemological stakes: an inductive method 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2. Case study of a technological example 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.3. Reproducing the Simondonian gesture 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Confronting Simondon’s thoughts with computers 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1. Existing work on Simondon and computers 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2. The positioning of our study 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Genetic Study of Technology: the Software Program, A Technical Object?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Definition and problem statement of the digital object 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1. Technical objects according to Simondon 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2. The browser, a digital object that represents software 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Constructing the software program from the margin of indeterminacy 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1. The computer-machine and the margin of indeterminacy 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2. The complexification of computer code 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3. Three hypotheses on the status of the software program 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. The levels of technicity of software 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1. The genesis of the browser 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2. The element, the associated milieu 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Psychosocial Study of Free Software\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. The problem of the industrial technical object 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1. The question of the commensurability of technics 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2. The dual alienation of industrial technical objects 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3. Saving the technical object by dethroning it 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. The promise of openness of software as a postindustrial technical object 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1. A complex system 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2. A postindustrial configuration 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3. The free software program, guarantor of software technicity 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. Bricolage with the digital technical object 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1. Aspects and extension of the concept of bricolage 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2. Computer bricolage 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 141\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-ISTE","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52446735302936,"sku":"9781786304438","price":100.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781786304438.jpg?v=1785112473","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prospective-philosophy-of-software-a-simondonian-study-hardback-9781786304438","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}