Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2013, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 446-452.DOI: -

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Technological Practice: Philosophical Perspective and Its Evolution

YU Chun-ling1, YAN Cong-hai2   

  1. (1. School of Humanities & Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; 2. College of Politics and Law, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China)
  • Received:2013-01-20 Revised:2013-01-20 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2015-11-10
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Abstract: Traditional philosophy represented by Aristotle equals practice to moral practice. As a result, technological practice is excluded from human beings practical activities. Although Kant clearly distinguishes technological practice from moral practice and reveals that they follow some universal rules, he eventually fails to unify the two. Hegel analyzes human beings entire practice by integrating moral practice and technological practice; however, he replaces mankinds perceptual practice with abstract rationality, which is still confined to the pattern of traditional philosophy. Based on the humans realistic existence, Karl Marx regards technological practice as a fundamental form of practice and affirms its basic status in human beings practical activities. Therefore, he establishes a holistic view of practice from the perspective of dialectical materialism and fulfills a real unification of technical practice and moral practice, and theory and practice.

Key words: technological practice, moral practice, western philosophy, Karl Marx

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