蒸汽汽车的兴衰与技术进步的范式 --牛津版《技术史》中蒸汽汽车史的哲学反思

牛津版<技术史>关于蒸汽汽车发展史的记载和收藏于旅顺的一辆美国产蒸汽汽车,分别从文献和实物两方面展现了蒸汽汽车发明与创新的兴衰过程,并表明技术进步的范式转换决定了蒸汽汽车的兴衰;而技术进步的基本范式又由技术的内在结构范式和外在社会范式所构成.从技术的内在范式和外在范式相统一的角度看,技术进步的真正含义是尽可能在减轻环境与能源的压力下,最大程度地谋求人的解放和自由.

The Rise and Fall of the Steam Car and the Paradigm of Technology Progress--Philosophical Reflections on the History of the Steam Car in A History of TechnologyPublished by Oxford University Press

The recordation about the steam car phylogeny in A History of Technologypublished by Oxford University Press as well as a steam car produced by the United States collected in Lushun,Dalian of China, reveals the rise and fall of invention and innovation of the steam car in terms of literature and material object.It also indicates that the paradigm conversion of technical progress decides the rise and fall of the steam car.The basic paradigm of technical progress is formed by internal structure paradigm and external society paradigm of techoology.Viewing from the unity of the internal and external paradigms of technology,the essence of technological progress is to maximize man's liberation and freedom while minimizing the threat to environment and energy resources.