Research On Scientific And Technological Thinking Of Engels In "Dialectics Of Nature"

Engels and Marx jointly founded Marxism.Engels started the field of natural dialectics and wrote the book “Dialectics of Nature” as his representative.On the one hand,in“Dialectics of Nature”,Engels formed a relatively perfect thought of science and technology;On the other hand,the thought of science and technology in “Dialectics of Nature” is the synthesis of Engels’ thought of science and technology.This paper takes Engels’ thought of science and technology in “Dialectics of Nature” as the subject of research.It holds that the historical background of the rapid development of capitalism,science and technology in the19 th century,the theoretical background of Kant’s epistemology and Hegel’s dialectics,and the characteristics of Engels’ long-term academic research and practice are the conditions for the formation of Engels’ thought of science and technology.Engels’ thought of science and technology has gone through the genesis stage,the preliminary formation stage and the relatively mature stage.This paper emphasizes that Engels’ thought of science and technology had a solid foundation of science,a thorough materialist dialectics and a strong atheism when he wrote “Dialectics of Nature”.This paper makes a systematic review of scientific and technological thinking of Engels in “Dialectics of Nature”.The main contents of Engels’ view of nature based on the latest scientific and technological achievements at that time.His view of science and technology based on the development process of science and technology.His methodology of science and technology based on dialectical materialism.Although the scientific and technological thinking of Engels was born in more than one hundred years ago,but still has very important value today.It is a vital revelation today that we should stick to the development of science and technology for the first productive force,correctly understand the relationship between people and nature,insist on the dialectical materialism methodology of science and technology,firmly opposed to religious superstition.In a word,Engels’ thought of science and technology in “Dialectics of Nature” has gone through a process of continuous development,which is rich in content and still shining with wisdom today.