Technique and Socio-Anthropological Risks of Scientism in Modern Society

The article is devoted to analyzing the essence and role of technology in modern society. In the context of studying the essence of technology, the author turns to the study of the role of scientism, considering the development of technology as part of the dominant attitude of modern society towards scientism. The author concludes that scientism, while having obvious advantages, has a number of disadvantages. Notably, it excludes a philosophical approach to the study of technology, which, from the author’s point of view, should be based solely on socio-anthropological grounds. These grounds include the humanitarian examination of modern technologies and the risks associated with their use, as well as the evaluation of science and technology from a value-based approach. In this regard, the author addresses the specifics of the philosophical understanding of technology, which is impossible without a humanitarian expertise of the methodology of technology development, as well as philosophical reflection against the background of possible global risks associated with its use.