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The Technical Philosophical Reflection Of The Low Carbon Economy

Posted on:2014-01-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2230330395980892Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Science and technology are the core of supporting people to solve those questions such as the changing of global climate, the reduction CO2emission and promoting the sustainable development. The low carbon economy is in the perspective of reduce carbon emissions to seek a way of human development.It is affirmed by the world, nothing can reduce the emission of greenhouse gas and slow down climate change overall but to improve the capability and level of scientific and technological innovation continuously, promote technical types such as low carbon energy technology and carbon reduction technology. There are not only theoretical values but also practical values for the low-carbon economy from the view of the philosophy of technology.The low carbon economy is the widespread concern economic development model in the world, it is the human reflection of the economy since the industrial civilization. The low carbon economy, people already explore from many directions, such as industrial economics, ecology, sociology, political science and law. But the exploration of the field of the philosophy of technology is not much, even if there is also concentrated engineering technology, the humanities philosophy of technology is left blank. This is the starting point of the article.The rapid development of science and technology has greatly changed the world and the way of human existence in20th century. Accompanied by the emergence of big science and high technology, scientific research is not only pure scientific research, but also should instead of social interests, social consequences are closely linked, to the human health, safety, environment and the freedom of general interest in research task as necessary social responsibilities.The rapid development of economic society and the extensive use of fossil bring the high carbon economy. Greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global climate change. In order to cope this change, it is necessary to adjust the existing industrial structure, implementation of low carbon model of economic development. And the low carbon economy technology is a booster of low carbon development.Throughout the courses of economic development mode, they all emphasis on the establishment and improvement of related support system. The elaborated technology humanistic values connotation construct human-centered, coordinated technological, economic, and social development of human evaluation mechanism. Tied cited the technology of low-carbon economy selection principle proposed to create a low-carbon economy construct.
Keywords/Search Tags:low-carbon economy, low-carbon technologies, technical philosophy
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