Albert borgmann biography
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Philosophy
Albert Borgmann
Regents Professor of Philosophy
In a brief autobiographical essay, Albert Borgmann writes that he was born in Freiburg,Germany in , &#;raised in the shadow of the gothic cathedral, of the Black Forest, and of the university where Husserl and Heidegger had been teaching.&#; Readers of Borgmann&#;s larger works may appreciate the way his opening lines eloquently communicate the message of each book as a whole, and this opening about his own life is no different. The three parts mark the largest themes of Borgmann&#;s philosophical career. First, the tangible setting and shape of our lives - our cities, buildings, and our everyday modes of life - matter a great deal and ought to be a central subject of philosophical concern. Second, the commanding presence of the natural world offers an important contrast and critique of much of our technological age. And lastly, he places his work in line with his philosophical forbearers&#; focus on everyday life and
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The Convivial Society
Welcome to a special installment of the Convivial Society. On Monday, a friend emailed to let me know that the philosopher of technology Albert Borgmann had passed away overnight. While I may not mention Borgmann as often as Illich, Ellul, or Arendt, he has undoubtedly been a critical voice shaping my thinking about technology and the good life. Borgmann was born in Germany, but, since , he was a professor of philosophy at the University of Montana. During that time he became one of our preeminent philosophers of technology. His book, Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry, remains an indispensable classic in the field.
As a wholly inadequate tribute to Prof. Borgmann, I am republishing here an essay, slightly revised, which I wrote in April of , nearly a decade ago. This piece takes a series of three articles by Tim Wu as a point of departure, before pivoting to consider Borgmann’s work. Even now, as we think abou • German-American philosopher (–) Albert Borgmann (Nov. 23, – May 7, ) was a German-born American philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of technology. Borgmann was born in Freiburg, Germany, and was a professor of philosophy at the University of Montana. In Borgmann received the Golden Eurydice Award for his contributions to philosophy.[1] Borgmann died in Missoula, Montana on May 7, , at the age of [2] Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry () is a landmark ord in the philosophy of technology. Borgmann claims that technological devices are not value-neutral and counsels us to discover the good life in a technological world through what he calls "focal things and practices," which engage us in their own right. Crossing the Postmodern Divide () fryst vatten a philosophical critique of contemporary culture that offers a powerful alternative framtidsperspektiv for the postmodern era. Described as
Albert Borgmann
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