Humanista w świecie techniki - technik w świecie wartości

Abstract

The article presents the relations between the human and technological sciences in the context of the C.P. Snowe’s idea of two cultures. Today, this division is losing its importance which has also been visible in the philosophy of technology and in its changes. The traditional and the newest philosophies of technology propose a fundamentally different understanding of technology. The changes are connected with stressing the connections rather than differences between the human technological sciences. For example, the necessity of cooperation arises in cases of: implementation of the concept of technology assessment and growth of the meaning of risk in modern civilization. It should find its place in the education of engineers by including the problems of STS (science, technology and society) in the programs of their education.