Simondon & Technology

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Simondon & Technology
Instructor: Yuk Hui
Program: Critical Philosophy
Credit(s): 1
Date: Novermber 13, 20, 27 , December 4
Time: 5:30-8:00pm EST
Simondon’s discourse on technical objects lays down the foundation for a philosophy of technology which aims to give a new ontological status to technical objects in order to establish a technological culture or a technological humanism. This consists of the effort to save technical objects from misunderstanding and ignorance of them as functional objects or mere utilities and understand the genesis of technical objects according to its own rationality and at the same time a problem and possible solution to alienation described by Marx. What underlies in Simondon’s ambitious project is the construction of a new metaphysical ground (against hylomorphism and substantialism) as well as a new philosophical anthropology described as a genesis of technicity. In this seminar, we will examine the main philosophical propositions of Simondon in On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects (as well as in other writings and courses) and its significances for understanding the contemporary technological condition.

[@levinahmed]

Thanks New Centre and Yuk Hui for the wonderful initiative.

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54:17 alienation of technical object : 1 treats machine as slave 2 consumerism , overproduction : stimulate buying

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44:42 double alienation : alienation of workers and alienation of technical object

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Can I find the other sessions on KZbin too?

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I would also be interested in finding the other seminars for my research references if you found them?

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Thank you for the video 😍

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1:11:10 evolution of technical objects : elements individual and ensemble

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15:56 start of lecture on simondon

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1:15:33 psychosomatic problem : capital ends at efficiency : problem of technical reality

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52:35 critique of Marx : analyze alienation according to economic analysis : Marx ignored … the base … fundamental relation between humans and machine

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47:52 technical individual : autonomous machine

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19:29 question of good form in gestalt

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1:16:14 fundamental source : economy amplifies alienation and is not fundamental cause

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46:09 technical ensemble

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1:20:32 technical reality

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51:40 artisan is now worker and a new malaise worker is now forced to operate with machines according to predefined procedures and rhythms

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24:37 Georges Canguilhem

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28:14 quote : page 16: we would like to show precisely that the robot does not exist it is not a machine … but that it is product of imagination and fictions and art of illusion . Notion of machine corroborates to mythology of robot

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20:41 information

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32:08 robot does not exist : there is misunderstanding of technology

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21:40 hylomorphism

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33:47 ignorance of technical reality