Until recently, the philosophy and history of science proceeded in a separate way from the philosophy and history of technology, and indeed with respect to both science and technology, philosophical and historical inquiries were also following their separate ways.

Introduction: Information Technology and Computers as Themes in the Philosophy of Technology.- I/The Metaphysical and Epistemological Character of Information.- Information Measurement and Information Technology: A Myth of the Twentieth Century.- Information Technologies as Vehicles of Evolution.- The Theory-ladenness of Information.- Information Does Not Make Sense — Or: The Relevance Gap in Information Technology and Its Social Dangers.- “Information” in Epistemological and Ontological Perspective.- II/Philosophical Analyses of the Interactions Between Human Beings and Computers.- Bio-Social Cybernetic Determination - or Responsible Freedom?.- Minds, Machines and Meaning.- From Socrates to Expert Systems: The Limits of Calculative Rationality.- Machine Perception.- Men and Machines: The Computational Metaphor.- Information, Artificial Intelligence, and the Praxical.- III/Ethical and Political Issues Associated with Information Technology and Computers.- Philosophical Reflections on the Microelectronic Revolution.- Microelectronics and Workers’Rights.- Information Technology and the Technological System.- The Computer as a Diagnostic Tool in Medicine.- Socio-Philosophical Notes on the Implications of the Computer Revolution.- Information Technology and the Problem of Incontinence.- Privacy as an Ethical Problem in the Computer Society.- Myth Information: Romantic Politics in the Computer Revolution.- Who Is to Blame for Data Pollution? On Individual Moral Responsibility with Information Technology.- Select Annotated Bibliography on Philosophical Studies of Information Technology and Computers.- 1. Bibliographies.- 2. Historical Studies.- 3. Technical Studies.- 4. General Bibliography.- 5. Author Index.- Name Index.