Dialectics, Technoscience and Non-linearity

The Relevance of Hegelian Dialectics for Philosophy of Technology Now

Author(s)

  • Natalia Juchniewicz University of Warsaw
  • Hub Zwart Erasmus University Rotterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54195/technophany.19181

Keywords:

dialectics, technoscience, Hegel, media studies, mediation, artefactualisation, non-linearity

Abstract

Our article aims to analyse the significance of dialectics for philosophical reflection on technology. Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel, this article first of all reconstructs the progressive artefactualisation of thought and action, by indicating the transition from labour through tool use to the emergence of intelligent machines in the field of practice, secondly, by indicating the importance of dialectical thinking for the media theory, and thirdly, by pointing out that dialectics delivers both a conceptual and a practical understanding of the possibilities of emergence for cognitive technologies we encounter today (AI and the noosphere). Dialectics captures these dynamics in a non-linear manner, offering a conceptual grounding for addressing developments that are both universal and concrete, offering Hegelian dialectics as a dynamical method of thinking about technological progress without falling into schematism and simplifications.

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Published

2025-05-14

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How to Cite

Juchniewicz, Natalia, and Hub Zwart. 2025. “Dialectics, Technoscience and Non-Linearity: The Relevance of Hegelian Dialectics for Philosophy of Technology Now”. Technophany, A Journal for Philosophy and Technology 2 (1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.54195/technophany.19181.

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