Idols and the True Meaning——Mirror Image of Science and Technology at the Turning Point of Human Thoughts
CHEN Huiping(Institute of Marxism,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Beijing 100732,China)
The unprecedented problems caused by high-tech reveal both man's natural cognitive limitations and the philosophical imperfections of world view and values-the foundation of humanities,which calls for a breakthrough in the entire paradigm of philosophical study.With Bacon's exposition of "idols",we could see clearly the deep-rooted anthropocentrism,the "unconscious" subjective metaphysics,lack of reflection in the popular views,the bottleneck of conventional philosophy,etc.existing in the views on hi-tech.In a way,the high-tech field could serve as a starting point for philosophical innovation as the frontier issues generated by science and technology also mean an opportunity of thought renewal.
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