Abstract:

The cultural turn of philosophy of technology is driven by the development of high technology, postmodernism, historicism of philosophy of science, and social culture. The context descriptivism and normative determinism are both accesses and methods of cultural turn for philosophy of technology. The cultural turn gives a new paradigm of philosophy of technology and broadens the research range of philosophy of technology. The cultural turn of philosophy of technology innovation will contribute to the construction of a resource-efficient and environment-friendly culture, and to the integration of economic, ecologic and humanity value of technology innovation.

Key words: philosophy of technology, cultural turn, context descriptivism, normative determinism, ethic value