Karl Marx's View on Technological Essence in His Cultural/Philosophical Perspective——Transcending the View on Technological Essence in Western Philosophy

The theory of implements of labor which prevails academically home and abroad is actually an misunderstanding of the knowledge philosophy in view of the essence of Marx's idea about technology,thus covering the real connotation of Marx's view.In fact,Marx had answered the question of technological essence,based on his cultural/philosophical perspective that the technology is not simply the physical means,instruments or implements of labor but the form of human beings' perceptual action,existence of history or culture.Marx's view on technological essence not only highlights the humanistic connotation of technology so as to get rid of the theoretic limitation of instrumentalism and objectivism in the philosophy of knowledge but also reveals the realistic social relationship arising from technological connotation,thus transcending the views on technological essence as expounded in western philosophy.