The Concept ofTechnology between Culture and Nature for Gilbert Simondon: AContemporary Philosophical Study

Abstract

This research aims to achieve a philosophical approach to the concept of technology and its relationship to culture from the perspective of the French philosopher Gilbert Simondon, as his ideas have gained great importance in the midst of the tremendous development of digital technology and the information revolution that marked the current human and cultural scene. Therefore, this study came using the analytical –critical approach to clarify Simondon's attempts to localize technology in daily human action, so that it is actually consistent with human nature and nourishes the cultural aspect rather than the relationship of antagonism. Simondon's primary question in this research is "What place do technology and its accompanying technical processes have in our lives?" Are we going to consider it something negative and dangerous and, therefore, we need to get rid of it and go back to pre-technological times, r will we consider it the best thing that happened to us and that it is capable of solving all human problems and, therefore, must be developed? Simondon's answers to these questions came first through a critical philosophical review of the concept of technology by returning to Aristotle's interpretation of what "exists" through the model of Hylomorphism to Heidegger through Marx and Bergson. Secondly, they came through exposing the dialectical relationship between culture and nature, which has not received an extensive analysis, exposing what is hidden behind this relationship and standing at the points of convergence between them in order to think about the establishment of a coherent philosophical structure that bridges the gap that made man feel a threat to his existence and a violation of his free will, constantly trying to overcome the state of alienation that he feels. After his involvement in a technical society, he is the one who laid its foundations and invented the machine, but he is afraid of losing its value as a knower and a creator in front of the domination and authority of the machine.