Abstract

SANDRONE, Darío. Contributions to a naturalized conception of technology in John Dewey's pragmatism. Rev. iberoam. cienc. tecnol. soc. [online]. 2011, vol.7, n.19, pp.187-196. ISSN 1850-0013.

Although technical and biological evolution can be conceived as two independent phenomena, this is not the case with John Dewey's philosophy. His theory of knowledge offers a naturalized subject who knows the world as long as (s)he experiences it and experiencing it thorough controlled actions on her environment. These actions are the product of reflection and research, and they may become habits - in a naturalistic sense. Dewey's notion of habit can be assimilated to his notion of technique, as presented in other passages of his work. Hence, the techniques - like any other habits of any organism - are modified with time in order to satisfy new imbalances from the environment. This change is the core of what Dewey called technology. In this article, we will try to show how this link between technical and organic evolution can become a contribution to develop a naturalized conception of technology.

Keywords : Organism; Habit; Technique; Technology.

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