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Philosophical Research On Technical Use

Posted on:2011-06-11Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:D W ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:1220330371450253Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Technical use is the "know very well but not know really"phenomenon of human society, which is not only the manner of technology’s being in the world, but also the phenomenological situation of the humans. As the practical activities which humans have being engaged in since the immemorial time, technical use has become the basic feature of all human societies, therefore, all humans have possessed a same role of status-- technical users, which should be more inclusive than the other human roles such as designers, producers, manufacturers, etc., the reason is that the other human practical activities such as design, production and manufacturing will necessarily involve the use of technology, but technical use is not necessarily related to the activity of design, production or manufacturing.Technical use is an activity in which the users operate, utilize and exert on the technology with natural orders which can meet the intended function or not to achieve a particular purpose, which is an extremely complex process and involves a variety of factors. Of course, though the manifestations of technology are various, for example, the technology as knowledge, the technology as action, the technology as object, the technology as volition, etc., all of them can be some kind of artifact through the method of phenomenological deoxidization, therefore, technical use through the phenomenological deoxidization is the use that users carry on the artifact, technical use makes the technology "already being here" can "self-apparent".In this paper, we examined the technical use from the two perspectives of synchronic and diachronic respectively:A synchronic angle is a horizontal structural interpretation on technical use, in the vision of synchronic angle, technical use is a static picture composed of the main bodies of technical use, i.e. the technical users, the object of technical use, i.e. the technology which are always being materialized into artificial objects, as well as the interactive relationship between the technical users and the technoloies; A diachronic angle is a longitudinal historical analysis on technical use, in the dimensionality of diachronic angle, technical use has experienced a morphological vicissitude which has evolved from the use of empirical technology to the use of entity technology and finally to the use of knowledge technology turn and turn about, which has gestated respectively the context of the use of empirical technology, the context of the use of entity technology as well as the context of the use of knowledge technology.With the help of technical use, human beings have deciphered the natural wonders one by one, but unfortunately have also created the risk again and again, which has transformed into social disasters one after another. In the process of technical use, risk goes very closely associated with each other, changed from the initial natural risks to today’s man-made risks, it’s in Baker’s words that modern society has been in a "volcano of the human civilization" which might wipe out unexpectedly at any time. In fact, the wind or the risk imposed by the Heaven can’t frighten us, only the risks brought by human themselves mala fide are the most terribly, but we are convinced that "Man’s nature is good at the begining of his life, and their inherent character and temperament are analogous with each other. The new era requires a set of concepts and methods of technical use, on one hand, it is determined by the own forms of the technology, on the other hand, it is also the inevitable consequence that human beings have a deep reflection on the relationship between human and nature, the underlying reason is that the generation of the new view about nature and development. Through the long-term baptism which the natural concepts and values exert a subtle influence on, through the establishment of new concepts of technical use and the implementation of new manners of technical use, we also have a gleam of opportunity to build a healthy, ecological, and civilized social context by virtue of technical use, therefore, human beings can go away from this "volcano of the human civilization ".
Keywords/Search Tags:Technology, Technical use, Technical user, Risk, Construction
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