On Arnold Gehlen's Thoughts Of Philosophy Of Technology

Arnold Gehlen is a famous biologist, social psychologist and philosophy anthropologist in modern Germany. He has tried uniquely the essential question of technology from the anthropology visual angle. Comparing people with animal, he pointed that people are the defective existence, and technology is just a kind of essential compensation of the people's congenital defect.Regarding the technical essence characteristic analysis, Gehlen carried on the system from three aspects to be broad, namely the technology formed one kind of artificial nature; there is unconsciousness impulse behind the technology revolves; The technology and the culture both oppose mutually and attaches mutually. Among them, he mentioned "The organ strengthening "," The organ substitution" theory, have important theory meanings. And his analysis on modern industrial society refracts out his criticism thought of technology invariably. He pointed out that, the technical impact forces the humanity to realize passively accepts; The technical specialization causes contemporary reality feeling losing; there is conflict between the technical development and humanity's stability needs. Gehlen attributes a series of questions which appears the modern industry society to the human, technical, the social three factors development imbalance, is an important aspect through his entire technical philosophy thought. Especially for the whole cultural system of the modern industrial society the explanation of the crisis brought to the high-speed development of technology, cause people's deep thinking, have important using value and realistic meaning.Certainly, because of era and limitation developed by oneself, Gehlen is very overall when still counted as the research of technology, even some views still have biased places, however, nowadays in this highly complicated technological system, some tangible and invisible technology is all influencing human life all the time, his argument can not solve all problems, some questions are not that Gehlen can expect and analyze . In fact, today, technology is developed and depended on scientific knowledge more and more, whom Gehlen bring to people's institute ponder but have important enlightenment function. He urges the people to examine the measure of value and takes the technical ethics construction carefully, thus constructs the new civilized coordinates system.This article attempts to utilize the literature law as well as the logic analysis method, and to analyze his technological philosophy thought thoroughly, discusses its modern value andthe limitation, and promulgates it to the modern technology development significance and the function.