This book gathers essays that introduce the ideological advances in the philosophy of engineering and technology in contemporary China. It particularly focuses on China’s distinctive concepts and methods, revealing different views and academic debates to offer readers a comprehensive overview of this important field.
The contributors present unique perspectives based on practical problems and traditional philosophy, examining such issues and concepts as axiology and theories of process, the difference between engineering activities and technology activities, and the core of the relationship between “Dao” and “Technique.”
Other essays cover the ethics of technology, practical wisdom (phronesis) and practical reasoning, as well as creative concepts and methods concerning the philosophical problems in high technology, architectural technology, and technological innovation. The authors also consider more general issues in the field.
This book compiles the relevant research achievements of Chinese scholars in various time periods. Some authors have revised and translated into English papers published in Chinese, while others present their research in English specifically for this study. An annotated bibliography of the major publications in the field completes this collection.
Table des matières
Introduction.- A Brief Discussion of Research into Philosophy of Technology.- On the Features and Values of Chen Changshu’s Philosophy of Technology Ideas.- Technology and Its Value from the Perspective of Process Theory.- Ethics of Technology and Engineers’ Professional Ethics.- The Triad of Science, Technology, and Engineering.- Aesthetic Factors in Engineering Technical Activities.- The Sinicization of the Philosophy of Technology and the Research on Socialization of Technology.- Reflection on the Dao of Technology: Philosophy of Technology from the Perspective of Chinese Culture.- The Developing Process of Technological Rationality and Its Humanistic Relation.- Three Dimensions of Nano-ethics.- Technology, Innovation and the Life world: A Phenomenological Analysis.- Philosophy of Information Technology and Its Contemporary Value.- Approaches of Nano-ethics and the Chinese Perspective of Ethics of Technology.- Postscript.
A propos de l’auteur
Qian Wang earned his MA from Northeast Normal University and Doctor Degree from Northeastern University. He is the professor of Philosophy at Dalian University of Technology with research interests in Philosophy of Technology, Ethics of Technology and History of Science & Technology. He is also the Vice Director of Academic Board of Dalian University of Technology.
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