Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Science
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Dr. Rothschild is working with Dr. Carl Mitcham, director of the                Philosophy and Technology Studies Center at the Polytechnic                     University, Brooklyn, New York.  She will gain knowledge and                    expertise in order to apply the philosophy of technology to the                 philosophical and ethical issues raised in her current research                 on "Engineering Birth:  From the 'Perfect Child' to the 'Perfect                Race.'"  This research explores the relationship between the                    belief in human perfectability and the new reproductive                         technologies, tracing the belief historically to its emergence as               the "perfect child," made possible by the new technologies.                     Focusing on the ways ideology and technology interact to                        transform each other in the area of human reproduction, the book                considers how our concepts of human perfection and our very ideas               of what makes us human are being challenged and changed by new                  technological possibilities.  This turning-point in the human                   nature-technology relationship must be set in a larger framework                of the history and philosophy of technology.  During the                        fellowship tenure at the Philosophy and Technology Studies Center               at the Polytechnic University, Dr. Rothschild will be able to                   provide this needed larger framework.
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