This volume represents a critical development in philosophy of technology as Chinese scholars articulate a constructive Chinese philosophy of technology in dialogue with the West, but not subordinate to it. Carl Mitcham's introductory essay and Alfred Nordmann's contribution propose Western philosophers take more seriously the independent value of Chinese philosophy of technology. Additional essays are authored by established European philosophers, mid-career American thinkers, and young Chinese scholars. Included are comparative studies of philosophy of technology outside the Western-Chinese axis, as well as on Western critiques of traditional philosophy of technology. While much of Mitcham’s work has shaped the philosophy of technology and engineering, his later contribution poses a fundamental question of which new generations of philosophers must engage: What went wrong with the West? This volume is a must-read for scholars, advanced students, policymakers, and the general public interested in contemporary technology in a multipolar world. 

Levi Checketts is an assistant professor of Religion and Philosophy and the Associate Director for the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University and is currently Co-Editor in Chief of Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. He is the author of Poor Technology: Artificial Intelligence and the Experience of Poverty and co-editor with Carl Mitcham and Jim Grote of Theology and Technology, and has published in NanoEthics, Prometheus and Theology and Science among other places. His work lies in the intersection of technology and economic ethics with Catholic theology.