Carl Mitcham

Carl Mitcham (born 1941) is a philosopher of engineering and technology, Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines and Visiting International Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China.

Mitcham was a selective political objector to the Vietnam War; although he was convicted of refusing military induction, he is not a pacifist.

Publications have appeared in German, French, Spanish, Chinese, and other languages.

He also served as a member of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994–2000) and on expert study groups for the European Commission (2009 and 2012).

Awards include the Abbot Payson Usher Prize of the Society for the History of Technology (1973), International World Technology Network (WTN) award for Ethics (2006), and a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Universitat Internacional Valenciana, Spain (2010).