Abstract:

With the rise of the body theory, Don Ihde, the philosopher of technology, puts forward his theory about three kinds of bodies. According to him, the first is the material body, which comes from phenomenology from Husserl; the second is the cultural body, from Michel Foucault; and the third takes technological factors into account and constructs the technological body. Here the meaning of technology is emphasized. This account, in essence, marks a new stage on critique of instrumental technology.

Key words: material body, cultural body, technological body, Don Ihde