معرفت فلسفی

The advancement of technology refers to the invention of various human-made artifacts (as opposed to natural objects), which, alongside the comfort it has provided for humanity, has also led to harmful consequences. These destructive effects have created new challenges in the philosophy of technology, including the idea that some, by attributing intrinsic reality to technological artifacts, have claimed that such artifacts possess a true unified and independent existence that may lead humanity to its destruction. This research aims to provide an answer to the question of the ontological status of technology from the perspective of contemporary Islamic philosophy, which can serve as a foundation for many issues in the philosophy of technology. The data for this study were collected through library research and analyzed using logical analysis methods. This research will show that, according to Allama Misbah Yazdi and other contemporary Muslim philosophers, the existence of technological artifacts is of a conventional nature. Due to lacking the true unity, artifacts do not possess one real existence. It is human beings who consider unity for this collection and assigns it a name so that referring to the concept of the artifact does not require invoking the names of each individual parts in the mind. By proving the conventional nature of technological artifacts, determinism in this context will no longer have meaning, and it is human beings who can prevent and compensate for its harmful effects.