The philosophical technologies |
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Authors: | Mario Bunge |
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Affiliation: | McGill University, Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, 3479 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6 |
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Abstract: | The thesis of this paper is that ethics and action theory are the two philosophical branches of technology. The reason is that they, just like mechanical engineering and management science, are concerned with human action. But of course there are differences between the philosophical technologies and the others, among them their degree of generality. An example from ethics and another from praxiology are discussed, to show that these disciplines can be just as exact and relevant to real contemporary life as electrical engineering and law. Finally, some consequences for the classification of technologies and for the design of academic curricula are drawn. |
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Keywords: | Action theory Ethics Philosophy Technology Value theory |
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