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    On Possibility of Alternative Technology (Considering Andrew Feinberg’s Theory)

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Haqiqat, Mohammad Hossein (Author) ; Hosseini Sarvary, Hasan (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Considering the undeniable role of technology in modern era, we investigate both the concept of technology as well as its relation as a tool with human beings. Modern technologies have had both positive and negative impact on human individual and social lives. In particular, the labor problems, environmental problems, distortion of the classic human perception of the world, and many other problems provide a very disparate perspective compare with the notion of techno-utopianism. Therefore, many contemporary philosophers such as Andrew Feinberg have made serious criticisms of technology and its consequences. Feinberg states that there is a possibility in reforming the currently derailed role...