Reflections on science, technique and technology in the thought of Evandro Agazzi

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2023.27.14871

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technique, technology, science, Evandro Agazzi

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The last few decades have witnessed an accelerated advance in technology. The future that lies ahead is astonishing in many ways. It is moving at a rapid pace. These facts open up a series of pressing questions that demand serious discernment and that, rising as a challenge for the men of the third millennium that is beginning, do not leave the philosopher indifferent, one of the most indicated to contribute to its answer: how should this phenomenon be valued, what implications does it have on human life, where is the accelerated technological progress going? It is urgent to ask ourselves what technology is and to give it its proper place in order to understand much of what is happening and to face the challenges of tomorrow. The present article aims to contribute to these reflections from the thinking of the Italian philosopher of science Evandro Agazzi. After an introduction, some ideas on operationalism, realism, science and technique in Evandro Agazzi will be presented; subsequently, the concepts of science and technique in his proposal will be developed, which will lead to some reflections on the power that technology has given to humanity.

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Author Biographies

Liliana Patricia Muñoz Gil, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Master's degree in Educational Management from the University of Medellín

PhD in Philosophy from Universidad Pontificia Bolivarian

Linda Marcela Rivera Guerrero , Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Specialist in Science Didactics with emphasis in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Antioquia

PhD Candidate in Philosophy from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

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Muñoz Gil, L. P., & Rivera Guerrero , L. M. . (2023). Reflections on science, technique and technology in the thought of Evandro Agazzi. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, (27), 147–157. https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2023.27.14871

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