فلسفه فن آوري و آموزش فن آوري

Technology like other human or natural phenomena needs to be reflected upon Philosophically. Teaching technology is dependent, among other things, on this kind of reflection. Different types of philosophy of technology should be criticized on the ground that some of them are popularized and shape our minds in practice. In this essay, two kinds of philosophy of technology are critecized and a third kind is supported. According to the first one, technology is considered as natural-neutral in terms of which technology is valutionally neutral and has one-sided effects on culture. According to the second one, technology is considered as cultural-cnivaluational in which the instrumental rationality is predominant. Finally, according to the third one, technology is regarded to be natural-cultural-multivaluational. In this view, other than the instrumental rationlity, moral and cosmological interests are also taken into account. Given the third version, its requirements in teaching technology is discussed. Accordingly, teaching technology should not be reduced to teaching skills. Instead, it requires not only an access to the related sciences to technology, but also to provide social, moral, and cosomological interests in the puplis. In addition, an ability for evaluating the consequences of the usage of technology should he proviede in them.