The Second International Workshop on Hermeneutics of Science and Technology
For a long time, hermeneutics was confined to the humanities and arts, to legal and religious studies, and to the exegesis primarily of texts. In recent years, however, the hermeneutics of science and technology came into its own, along with questions of „scientific understanding“ or „hermeneutic Technology Assessment“ and along with the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence or quantum technology which appear to elude human comprehension. Sense-making becomes especially important in a so-called culture of prediction, robustness, and reliability – and hermeneutics provides suitable methods for sense-making as well as observing and appreciating the various ways of making sense. This expansion of the reach of the hermeneutic approach does not imply, however, that it now includes all forms of discourse analysis, textual understanding, or interpretation. What it does imply is that also in regard to science and technology one might consider a transformative act of „reading“ within a horizon of meaning. For instance, the consideration of an experiment or a historically significant device can remind us of their proximity to philosophically significant art-works. The Second International Workshop on Hermeneutics of Science and Technology 第二届国际科技诠释学研讨会 explores approaches from philosophy, cultural studies of technology and art, and science studies. The workshop is organized by :
- WU Guolin 吴国林 (Chair) South China University of Technology, P. R. China
- Alfred Nordmann (Chair) Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- WANG Shenyu Anhui Normal University, P. R. China
- XIAO Feng South China University of Technology, P. R. China
- LUO Dong South China University of Technology, P. R. China
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard will speak on “Understanding by Doing : a hermeneutical approach to mathematics seen through the Chinese translation of Euclid’s Elements“. Online participation by Zoom is possible. For more details and the Programme, see here.
Workshop Location:
Guangzhou（广州） Room 201, Building 5, South China University of Technology, China.