Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2018, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (6): 551-555.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2018.06.001

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Foundation for the Human's Realm of Technology——Francis Bacon's Epoch-making Call for Technological Transformation

XIA Bao-hua   

  1. (School of Humanities, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China)
  • Received:2018-05-19 Revised:2018-05-19 Online:2018-11-25 Published:2018-11-22
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Abstract: As a great philosopher who took technology seriously, Francis Bacon should be considered to be the founding father of philosophy of technology. He called himself a guide for human technological transformation, and disclosed its grounds and foundations from varied perspectives such as of human nature, society, religion, and nature. Francis Bacon called upon the people to construct a technological realm over the universe, who emphasized that human beings are endowed with a kind of innate and endogenous potential for developing technology, and social development must objectively require the great development of technology. The true power and greatness of human beings are embodied in the conquest of things. In addition, technology and nature are the same, and the deeper and more hidden qualities of nature could fully unveil only through technology.

Key words: Francis Bacon, realm of technology, technological transformation

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