The humanistic philosophy of techonology in the 21st century at the crossroads between the new european enlightenment and chinese post-european philosophy

Abstract

This article reviews critically one of the most recent additions to the “humanistic philosophy of technology”: the one advocated by the Hong Kong philosopher Yuk Hui around his “techno-diversity”. To do this, firstly, the text describes the actual intellectual environment in which philosophical issues related to technology, and the concern around artificial intelligence, are discussed. Discussions leads to, at least, two trends. One, represented by a longing for a European “new enlightenment. The other, proposing a nonEuropean and non-modern philosophy of technology, which is precisely the one that Hui defends. Secondly, the text analyses Hui’s approach  that affirms that a validation of the technological pluralism –the multiple “cosmotechnics” will overcome what he sees as an undesirable global technological synchronization. The essay will elucidate the philosophical and intellectual-historical problems around the   underlying issue that moves Hui: the need to develop a philosophy of Chinese technology for historical reasons and political reasons to overcome or reset Modernity. The study concludes evaluating the merits and weaknesses of this Sino-humanistic philosophy of technology.