Difference between revisions of "Ernst Kapp"

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Ernst Kapp (1808-1896) was a German philosopher of technology and geographer.

Grundlinien einer Philosophie der Technik. Zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Cultur aus neuen Gesichtspunkten [Fundamentals of a Philosophy of Technical Science], Braunschweig: George Westermann, 1877; repr. in Düsseldorf: Stern, 1978, with an Introduction by Hans-Martin Sass. (in German). Review.

H. van Riessen, Filosofie en techniek, Kampen, 1949. (in Dutch)
Hans-Martin Sass, "Man and His Environment: Ernst Kapp's Pioneering Experience and His Philosophy of Technology and Environment", in Essays from the Southwest Symposium 1978 - German Culture in Texas: A Free Earth, eds. Glen E. Lich and Dona B. Reeves, Boston: Twayne, 1980, pp 82-99.
Harald Leinenbach, Die Körperlichkeit der Technik. Zur Organprojektionsthese Ernst Kapps, Essen, 1990. (in German)
Carl Mitcham, "Ernst Kapp and Technology as Organ Projection", in Mitcham, Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy, University Of Chicago Press, 1994, pp 20-24, PDF. [1]
P. Fischer, "Zur Genealogie der Technikphilosophie", in Technikphilosophie, Leipzig, 1996, pp 255-335. (in German)
Philip Brey, "Technology as Extension of Human Faculties", in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Technology. Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol 19, ed. C. Mitcham, London: Elsevier/JAI Press, 2000.
Frits Simon, "Techniek als sleutel tot de werkelijkheid. Het laatromantisch optimisme van Ernst Kapp (1808-1896)", Filosofie (Jun/Jul 2001), pp 38-44; (Aug/Sep 2001), pp 32-38. (in Dutch)
Frits Simon, "Ernst Kapp (1808-1896): An early and Romantic philosopher of technology", c2003.

Viktor Hantzsch, "Kapp, Ernst", in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) Band 51, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1906, pp 31-33 (in German) [2]
Terry G. Jordan, "Kapp, Ernst", in Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association, 2010.
Kapp at German Wikipedia

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 * Hans-Martin Sass, "Man and His Environment: Ernst Kapp's Pioneering Experience and His Philosophy of Technology and Environment", in ''Essays from the Southwest Symposium 1978 - German Culture in Texas: A Free Earth'', eds. Glen E. Lich and Dona B. Reeves, Boston: Twayne, 1980, pp 82-99.
 * Harald Leinenbach, ''Die Körperlichkeit der Technik. Zur Organprojektionsthese Ernst Kapps'', Essen, 1990. (in German)
+* Carl Mitcham, "Ernst Kapp and Technology as Organ Projection", in Mitcham, ''Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy'', University Of Chicago Press, 1994, pp 20-24, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/get?md5=D2224107CBAB9F69FE32E52F1EECDB75 PDF]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hN2rCvAUF4cC&pg=PA20]
 * P. Fischer, "Zur Genealogie der Technikphilosophie", in ''Technikphilosophie'', Leipzig, 1996, pp 255-335. (in German)
 * Philip Brey, [http://www.utwente.nl/gw/wijsb/organization/brey/Publicaties_Brey/Brey_2000_Extension_Faculties.pdf "Technology as Extension of Human Faculties"], in ''Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Technology. Research in Philosophy and Technology'', Vol 19, ed. C. Mitcham, London: Elsevier/JAI Press, 2000.