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- Title
Wittgensteinian Humanism, Democracy, and Technocracy.
- Authors
Litwack, Eric B.
- Abstract
In this article, the author explores some possible applications of Wittgenstein's humanistic psychology, epistemology and philosophy of culture for the philosophy of technology, and more particularly, for the question of valuing a possible future technocracy over contemporary democratic systems. Major aspects of the article involve a discussion of some of Wittgenstein's key views on certainty, cultural relativism, the problem of other minds, and gradual socio-cultural change. In order to examine these problems, the author draws from both a wide range of Wittgenstein's works, as well as secondary sources in Wittgenstein studies. An analogy is made between socio-cultural change over time and gradual visual loss. The author has incorporated important elements of Wittgenstein's biography, both as a philosopher and as an engineer and architect, underlining the profound link between his life and thought.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY of technology; HUMANISM; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
Techne: Research in Philosophy & Technology, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 3, p314
- ISSN
0161-7249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/techne2018111486