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Main themes in current philosophy of technology are the nature of technical artifacts, the nature of technological knowledge, the nature of models in technology and engineering, and norms and values in technology. These are studied in the context of an 'empirical turn' that took place in philosophy of technology. A next step in this discipline will probably be an axiological turn.
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de Vries, M.J. (2016). Philosophy of Technology: Themes and Topics. In: de Vries, M. (eds) Handbook of Technology Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38889-2_1-1
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