Platonic information technology-reading Plato: cultural influencesand philosophical reflection on information and technology
Ivanov, K.
Technology and Society, 2000. University as a Bridge from Technology to Society. IEEE International Symposium on
Volume , Issue , 2000 Page(s):163 - 168
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ISTAS.2000.915600
Summary:The essence of technology has been well studied, but its newer
forms of biotechnology and information technology (IT) are discussed
much less. Plato and Aristotle as representatives of our heritage from
the Greek thought are proposed as an alternative to the confusing
plurality of later philosophical schools for understanding these new
forms. This paper is based on a reading of Plato's collected works in
view of their relevance for understanding information as knowledge, and
for the design of social systems. A couple of selected and edited
excerpts out of these works are analyzed and commented in order to show
their relevance for current issues of information technology, including
its definition, evaluation, and relation to the problems of stability
and change. Finally, the criticism of Plato found in a postmodern or
“amodern-nonmodern” approach to science studies is briefly
considered in order to confirm the continuing relevance of Plato's
thought
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