In an era where algorithms dictate desire and nanotechnologies rewire biological substrates, philosophy struggles to keep pace. The traditional boundaries between science, technology, and society have dissolved into what scholars now call technoscience. But how do we chase something so slippery? How do we map the materiality of things that exist simultaneously as data, commodity, and flesh?
For readers new to the Indiana Series, materiality isn’t just “stuff.” It’s technoscientific materiality: the way a PET scan co-produces a body, the way a door hinge scripts behavior, the way a climate model makes a planet tangible.
For those who secure the MOBI version of Chasing Technoscience, here is a roadmap. The book is divided into three sections, each available for digital highlighting and marginalia on your Kindle app. Unpacking the Matrix: A Deep Dive into "Chasing
Andrew Pickering: Analyzes the "mangle of practice" and the performativity of science. Access Options (Full Book)
Beyond Subjectivism: The text explores "post-phenomenology" and the move away from human-centric views, investigating how non-humans (tools and technologies) possess a form of agency. How do we map the materiality of things
: Focuses on the "dance of agency" between humans and the material world during scientific experimentation. 3. Why Materiality Matters (Even in a Digital World)
For scholars and digital readers looking to dive into this complex subject, securing a MOBI or digital version of this text is more than a convenience—it is a necessity for navigating its dense, interconnected arguments. The Core Concept: The "Matrix for Materiality" The book is divided into three sections, each
Maya Hart arrived in Bloomington on a damp October morning with two suitcases, a battered copy of Simondon’s essays, and a laptop full of half-formed notes. She was here for a visiting fellowship: a short, intense residency to write the first chapter of a planned series, Materiality Indiana — a project about how local practices, messy technologies, and institutional life shape what counts as “knowledge” in the Midwest. The university’s hum felt different from the coastal labs she’d left: quieter, full of drawer-quiet collaborations between historians, machinists, and farmers.
Why This Matters for the Indiana Series The Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology has long argued against "instrumental realism"—the idea that tools are neutral. If you manage to obtain a MOBI copy of Chasing Technoscience (an anthology edited by Ihde and Selinger), you are holding a contradictory object. The book’s argument likely criticizes the smooth, frictionless design of corporate tech. Yet the MOBI format is the ultimate product of Amazon’s friction-removal logistics. Reading a critique of logistical media through logistical media creates what philosopher Robert Rosenberger might call a "technological microperception": the slight delay in page turn, the lack of proper pagination for citation, the battery anxiety.
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