La Tecnica come Deiscenza di Senso. Processo e Relazione nello Sviluppo Tecnologico

Abstract

This work offers a processual and relational interpretation of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, aiming to outline a new theoretical model for questioning technology, even in the digital age. The first part examines the evolution of Merleau- Ponty’s thought with the aim of highlighting its processual characteristics, from his first works up to the ontological radicalization which took place in The Visible and the Invisible. Being is no longer conceived a substance but a primordial “there is” (il y a): a relational system that dynamically inaugurates new configurations of meaning without final synthesis. The second part develops the theme of technology from this perspective. Far from being mere instrumentality, technology is understood in its co-implication with humans. Thanks to the concept of virtuality and the dialogue with Leroi-Gourhan’s anthropology, the role of technology in the emergence of subjectivity is highlighted: a processual totality in which both humans and the world mutually shape each other, ultimately offering an ontological reading of technology. In this light, the hybridizations and integrations characteristic of the digital revolution are not anomalies, but new configurations of meaning.