Technology and human finitude

Revista de Filosofia Aurora 27 (40):245 (2015)
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In this text I discuss the fundamental problem of human finitude. This is an issue that comes up in both sources of Western ethical tradition, both the Judaic and the Greek source. The ancient wisdom teaches human finitude and enjoins human beings to avoid hubris, the belief that they are gods. Despite, or rather because of the many advances in technology that have occurred in the past century, we can still draw on this tradition for wisdom. The text is divided into three parts: ontological finitude, epistemological finitude and democracy as recognition of finitude. A systems-theoretic concept of human action and the concept of “entangled hierarchy” are introduced to explain the relevance of finitude to technology.

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Editorial.Bortolo Valle, Antonio José Romera Valverde & Léo Peruzzo - 2015 - Revista de Filosofia Aurora 27 (40):9.

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