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Technology from the Humanistic Perspective: The Social and Cultural Results of the Technological Development

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According to Aristotle, technology is a creative activity associated with rational and correct knowledge. Compared with science, technology has a more direct relation with us since we live in a time of technicalization, dealing with all forms of technology whenever and wherever.

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  1. Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

    Weiping Sun

  2. Chinese Academy of Military Science, Beijing, China

    Mingcang Zhang

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Sun, W., Zhang, M. (2015). Technology from the Humanistic Perspective: The Social and Cultural Results of the Technological Development. In: The “New Culture”. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48011-3_7

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