Ontological aspects of technology

The article discusses issues regarding the ontology of technology. The ontological approach to technology involves the identification of reality of a special kind. The captivity of the modern world is technical; the built-in technology as an equal component in any dialogue and human dependence on technology, its presence, on its serviceability indicate that modern civilization is immersed in the technical. But technology is not only technical objects, and not only technological processes that are akin to technical things. The article draws attention to the fact that with all the availability of technical objects, it is impossible to answer the question of what technology is. In the essence of technology there is a semantic unity that unfolds in time according to its potentials: the technical is produced, each time completing itself. Based on the study, the author concludes that technology is both a tradition and a logic built into tradition, and the implementation of a special being orientation, and the embodiment of a special kind. The article distinguishes essential features of technology, and also concludes about the special curved flat nature of technical ontology. The flat nature of ontology suggests that entities are not subordinated to a sustainable hierarchical subordination; the degree of influence and championship of a particular technical essence is determined situationally and depends on many random factors. The curvature of technical ontology lies in the fact that the individual nature of entities is no longer considered as an unshakable border, all kinds of restrictions are conditional, and entities of different nature can interact and combine, creating various alliances. People and machines are connected into sociotechnical ensembles and are connected by numerous relations with each other. Techology is both an attitude and a state. Every technical item can be represented through a function and through a connection. The world is filled with technical events that unfold through the interaction of entities of different naturals. The article formulates a hypothesis that the main ideological task of the technical world is to overcome any restrictions and limits. The author declares no conflicts of interests.

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