Research On Brian Arthur's Philosophy Of Technology

Brian Arthur is American technical thinker and one of founder of complexity science,he conducted in-depth research on the structure,essence,,origin,development and evolution of technology,and tried to answer questions about what technology is and how technology can exist in the world.Brian Arthur presents three basic principles(hypothesis)of technology:first,technology(all technologies)is a combination,which means that any specific technology is built or combined from the current components,assemblies,or system components;second,each component of the technology itself is also a miniature technology;third,all technologies use or develop some(usually several)effect or phenomenon.Based on these three principles,he systematically constructed his technical philosophy.In Brian's view,technology has its own structure,namely modular and recursive hierarchy;phenomenon is the source of technology,the deepest essence of technology is the collection of phenomena that are captured and exploited;and the phenomenon itself needs a certain method to reveal it;technology originates from the use of new principles and phenomena;technical invention is a process of linking requirements and phenomena;individual forms of technology are in the process of continuous development through internal replacement and structural deepening;the technology domain also has its own development cycle;evolution of technology follows a mechanism of combined evolutionary,combination is a potential source of new technology;new technologies are produced from the prior art by combining the prior art;with technology evolves,it will have a profound impact on the economy.In Brian's philosophical thinking about technology,we can see that he has conducted in-depth dynamic logic analysis of technology based on comprehensive multidisciplinary research on technology;he successfully explained the continuity problem in the evolution of technology,and deconstructed the mechanism of technological innovation from within.Systematic research on his philosophy of technology can provide useful insights for us to dialectically use modular methods to analyze things,and to look at the purposeful system from a technical perspective,and reasonably handle the balanced development of basic science and applied science,and to deeply grasp the relationship between economy and technology.