Ernst Kapp

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

Works

Ernst Kapp, 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)
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) [1]
Terry G. Jordan, "Kapp, Ernst", in Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association, 2010.
Kapp at German Wikipedia