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(2009) Synthese 168 (3).
Towards a reflexive framework for development
technology transfer after the empirical turn
Evan Selinger
pp. 377-403
The purpose of this essay is to: (1) detail how recent trends in philosophical theory have made it possible for philosophers of technology to critically discuss technology transfer; (2) demonstrate that economic standards of assessment are conducive to obscuring the hidden tradeoffs that technological practices, such as mobile phone use in Bangladesh, can engender; and (3) provide the basis of an alternative model that can reflexively addresses dimensions of technology transfer that neo-classical economic accounts occlude.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9450-3
Full citation:
Selinger, E. (2009). Towards a reflexive framework for development: technology transfer after the empirical turn. Synthese 168 (3), pp. 377-403.