Farmacologia e Filosofia da Tecnologia: A contribuição do diálogo Fedro de Platão:

Carlos Eduardo Aguiar

doi:10.32334/oqnfp.2023n53a940

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Published: Dec 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32334/oqnfp.2023n53a940

Keywords:

Plato, Jacques Derrida, Philosophy of Technology

Carlos Eduardo Aguiar

UFRJ

Abstract

Plato's Phaedrus is recognized as the paradigmatic model for the critique of technology. The dialogue denounces the harmful effects of writing, particularly its role in promoting forgetfulness, corrupting the construction of knowledge, and creating a mere semblance of communication. This article aims to analyze Phaedrus by exploring Jacques Derrida's reflection, which interprets that, for Plato, writing is primarily a pharmakon, simultaneously a medicine and a poison. The article emphasizes the fascination evoked by writing, its capacity to transform social ecology and deterritorialize the territory, but also highlights its tendency to disrupt effective dialogue and encounters with others. The elements that emerge from this reflection underscore the non-neutrality of technology, placing emphasis on the pharmacological approach as a significant contribution to the discourse surrounding the non-instrumental nature of techniques within contemporary philosophy of technology.

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 53 (2023): Philosophy of Technology Dossier

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Articles

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Author Biography

Carlos Eduardo Aguiar, UFRJ

He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (Capes Full Doctorate Abroad scholarship), a master's degree in Communication Sciences from ECA/USP (Fapesp scholarship), a specialist degree in Religious Sciences from PUC-SP and a degree in Public Relations, Philosophy and Social Sciences from USP. He is doing a post-doctoral internship in the Post-Graduate Program in Communication at UFRJ and is a professor and coordinator of the Research Center of the Paulus Faculty of Technology and Communication (Fapcom). He was a contract professor in the Department of Journalism and Publishing at ECA/USP in the specialty of Theory and Research in Communication (2021-2023) and a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at Faculdade Cásper Líbero (2021-2022/decommissioned). Author of the books “Pensando a tecnologia: questões filosóficas, sociológicas e comunicacionais” (Paulus, 2023) and “A sacralidade digital: religiões e religiosidades na época das redes” (Annablume, 2014).