Philosophy of Technology
https://doi.org/10.37538/2224-9494-2022-2(33)-213-221
Abstract
In this article, the meaning and purpose of the second part of the postgraduate course entitled History and Philosophy of Technology were briefly described.
What is technology? How one can define its nature and historical purpose? Is technology always beneficial? What constitutes the reality of technical objects, and to what limits does it extend? What is the importance of technology for humankind, and how does it affect every aspect of human life? These and many other questions related to technology, the history of its development, and its increasing influence on the human life sphere are of practical, as well as theoretical and even epistemological, importance. A scientific discipline, the philosophy of technology, which emerged in the second half of the 19th century, seeks answers to these questions.
The article addresses the problems that reveal how and on what basis the philosophy of technology emerged, why engineers were at the origin of its development, and what are the main goals and tasks of this philosophical discipline.
About the Author
V. I. Nikitin
JSC Research Center of Construction
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery I. Nikitin, Cand. Sci. (History), Professor, Philosophy Department,
2nd Institutskaya str., 6, Moscow, 109428
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Nikitin V.I. Philosophy of Technology. Bulletin of Science and Research Center of Construction. 2022;33(2):213-221. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37538/2224-9494-2022-2(33)-213-221
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