The Exploration Of The Social Function Of Science And Technology

The essence of the competition in today’s world is science and technology’scompetition. If China eagers to be invincible in international competition, it must tointensively develop science and technology. Now, science and technology has come topervade every aspect of our lives. On one hand, with the rapid development of scienceand technology, our society is moving forward as a quite unprecedented speed. On theother hand, science and technology has also brings a series of negative effects. Thesenegative effects make us discussion for science and technology which goes far beyondthe science and technology itself. So the discussion for the social function of scienceand technology has the important theoretical and practical significance.The main content of this paper consists of four parts.The first part briefly summarizes some basic theories of scientific and technicalsocial function. First of all, the connotation of science and technology is defined andthe essential properties of science and technology are explained. Secondly, this paperexpounds the Marxist thinkers’ main points about scientific and technical socialfunction, including Marx、 Lenin、Hu Jintao for science and technology and its socialfunction understanding.The second part formulates the positive social function of science and technology.The science and technology has the promotion acts on spiritual、institutional andmaterial contribution. The material civilization is the foundation of social civilization.Science and technology ’s promoting function on social civilization the most direct andfundamental embodies in the enormous function on material civilization construction.As a kind of knowledge system, science and technology has powerful effects on theconstruction of spiritual civilization, which even exceeds coverage area to the materialcivilization construction. Science and technology is an important component of theadvanced culture, which also has become a booster of progress in institutional contribution and newer idea.The third part mainly discusses the alienation of science and technology. Throughthe analysis of the reasons and the specific performances of the alienation of scienceand technology, it puts forward some measures to prevent and dissolve the alienationof science and technology.The fourth part discusses the route choice of the development of science andtechnology in China. Based upon the urgency analysis of Chinese development ofscience and technology, we think China wants to develop science and technology andplays its positive effects, so we must go along a route of scientific development withChinese characteristic according to the actual conditions and by drawing on theexperience of several foreign countries.