THE FORCE CHANGING THE FACE OF THE EARTH: REVIEW OF THE BOOK «THE CONTROVERSY ON THE TECHNOLOGY» BY FRIEDRICH DESSAUER
Marina Nikolaevna Wolf
Institute of Philosophy and Law, SB RAS, 8, Nikolaev st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: цифровая философия, клеточные автоматы, хаос, самоорганизованная критичность, сознание, психика, philosophy of technology, history of technology, the essence of technology, F. Dessauer, Platonism, engineering, invention, religion, creator
Subsection: Scientific life, reviews, reviews
Abstract
The paper is a review of the first published Russian translation of the book «The Controversy on the Technology» by F. Dessauer (translated from German by A.Yu. Nesterov, published in 2017 in Samara, Samara Humanities Academy). We show the historical context in which the author wrote the book, quote the main discussions that influenced the content of the book, and present its structure and topics of the chapters with a summary. We analyze the author’s Platonist attitudes which are unique for the philosophy of technology, their criticism by opponents and their relevance in the contemporary context.
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