Proposal for new trainings topic: philosophy of science and technology

[gallardoalba]

Hi all,
I would like to propose to Galaxy community a new topic for trainings about philosophy of science and technology. I think those are essential topics, specially in our days, after current social developments like this. I consider that nor science, technology or education are ethically neutral (in accordance with philosophers of science like Bruno Latour and philosophers of technology like Günther Anders, or philosophers of education like Henry Giroux), and would be really interested in contributing to those topics.

[gallardoalba]

I started to work on a draft on this topic, in case there the Galaxy community considers is adequate: #5713

[gallardoalba]

Specifically I am interested in Critical Theory, a philosophical perspective which can be defined, quoting Jürgen Habermas, as a critical perspective of pure instrumental positivist rationality as a form of scientism, or science "as ideology", espoused by "technocrats" who believe in the inevitability of social progress through science and technology. I am in contact with Carolina Maomed, philosopher who did her PhD on Günther Anders, and agreed in supervising the content on this author.