Proceedings of the XXII World Congress of Philosophy

Volume 48, 2008

Philosophy of Technology

Donghyun Son
Pages 56-63

On Biological Precariousness of Human Being Seized by Digital Technology

The cultural activities of human being are to be mediated by physical elements. These are, as a matter of fact, the natural things. There is allowed no other way for human being to realize his mental work but than in and through the nature. So, generally speaking, culture in ordinary sense consists in the human mind "objectified" in the natural reality. It remains within the boundary of human activities, which themselves cannot transcend the nature.