"技术决定论"与"社会建构论":从分立到耦合

从形式逻辑和辩证逻辑两个方面加以分析,“技术决定论”与“社会建构论”是并非对立而是分立的关系。分立是技术决定论与社会建构论的现实关系,其突出特征是,在“技术与社会关系”问题上二者“各说各话”甚至彼此指责、批判。耦合是技术决定论与社会建构论的可能关系。耦合关系的核心要点是,“决定”(技术对社会的决定)与“建构”(社会对技术的建构)不是彼此分离的,而是相互统一的。耦合的原则包括客观分析、平等对待、综合运用两种理论,消解彼此的误读。

Technological Determinism and Social Constructivism: From Schism Towards Coupling

The relationship between technological determinism(TD) and social constructivism(SC) is not opposite but in schism analyzed from formal logic and dialectic logic.The real relationship between TD and SC is in schism and its prominent characteristic in schism is that TD and SC talk separately on the relationship between technology and society,even rebuke and animadvert each other.The possible relationship between TD and SC is in coupling.The core viewpoint in coupling is Determining(technology determines society) and Constructing(society constructs technology) is not apart but in unity.The principles in coupling include two theories being analyzed objectively,treated equally,exerted associatedly and ending unnecessary animadversion.