Jürg R. Schwyter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198736738
- eISBN:
- 9780191800399
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198736738.003.0004
- Subject:
- Linguistics, English Language
Changes of a linguistic nature also affected the workings of the Committee: the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) started to be used by the BBC in 1934. In 1937, the regular publication of the ...
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Changes of a linguistic nature also affected the workings of the Committee: the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) started to be used by the BBC in 1934. In 1937, the regular publication of the Committee’s decisions, often reached by majority vote since several alternative pronunciations were frequently found to be ‘equally good’, was now replaced by private instructions to BBC announcers about agreed pronunciations. In addition, a Sub-Committee for the Invention of New Words was established; but it was soon recognized as a futile effort to control neologisms and was quickly abandoned. Advice regarding the pronunciation of foreign place names and proper names, however, was efficiently obtained through networks of language specialists from embassies, international companies, and foreign language experts.Less
Changes of a linguistic nature also affected the workings of the Committee: the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) started to be used by the BBC in 1934. In 1937, the regular publication of the Committee’s decisions, often reached by majority vote since several alternative pronunciations were frequently found to be ‘equally good’, was now replaced by private instructions to BBC announcers about agreed pronunciations. In addition, a Sub-Committee for the Invention of New Words was established; but it was soon recognized as a futile effort to control neologisms and was quickly abandoned. Advice regarding the pronunciation of foreign place names and proper names, however, was efficiently obtained through networks of language specialists from embassies, international companies, and foreign language experts.
Peter-Paul Verbeek
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226852911
- eISBN:
- 9780226852904
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226852904.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure ...
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Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. However, these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments, they give shape to what we do and how we experience the world. Because technology plays such an active role in shaping our daily actions and decisions, it is crucial, this book argues, that we consider the moral dimension of technology. As such, the book offers an in-depth study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. The book cites concrete examples, including some personal ones, and argues for the morality of things. The book forces us all to consider the virtue of new inventions and to rethink the rightness of the products we use every day.Less
Technology permeates nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Cars enable us to travel long distances, mobile phones help us to communicate, and medical devices make it possible to detect and cure diseases. However, these aids to existence are not simply neutral instruments, they give shape to what we do and how we experience the world. Because technology plays such an active role in shaping our daily actions and decisions, it is crucial, this book argues, that we consider the moral dimension of technology. As such, the book offers an in-depth study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. The book cites concrete examples, including some personal ones, and argues for the morality of things. The book forces us all to consider the virtue of new inventions and to rethink the rightness of the products we use every day.
