Category Archives: Paper

The Worldview Is Flat: Heidegger and the Metaphysics of Globalization

Posted on June 30, 2012 by mm_admin

Abstract While reading Thomas L. Friedman’s description of how he exclaimed to his wife “I’m going to write a book called The World Is Flat,” I could hear in my mind Martin Heidegger retorting, “The worldview is flat.” In the … Continue reading →

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Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Quandary of Technical Progress

Posted on January 31, 2012 by mm_admin

The following paper was presented at St. Matthew’s Church, Oakville, on January 28, 2012, for the Communio Circle of the Diocese of Hamilton in honour of the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas:

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I Ping the Body Cybernetic

Posted on September 30, 2011 by mm_admin

I presented a paper entitled “I Ping the Body Cybernetic: Wearable Computing and Medical Diagnostics” on November 4th, 2004, at the Technology and the Body Conference held at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Canada. The Introduction follows: I Sing the Body … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics and the Message of Digital Media

Posted on July 21, 2011 by mm_admin

In honour of the centenary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan  (b. 1911) I’m posting this paper entitled Cybernetics and the Message of Digital Media that I wrote for my students when I taught at the Centre for Society, Technology and … Continue reading →

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Technology, Theology and the Human Person

Posted on July 1, 2011 by mm_admin

I attended the biennial meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX from May 26th to the 29th and gave a paper entitled Technology, Theology and the Human Person: The contribution of … Continue reading →

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