Thinking Technology Big Again. Reconsidering the Question of the Transcendental and ‘Technology with a Capital T’ in the Light of the Anthropocene

Abstract This article has two general aims. It first of all critically reconsiders the empirical turn’s dismissal transcendentalism in philosophy technology, particular through work Ihde and Verbeek, defends continuing relevance notion transcencental thinking about technology today, illustrating this mainly a reading Stiegler’s understanding human condition as technical his view (noetic) evolution proceeding from process exteriorization. The crucial issue that is missed by postphenomenology turn itself its empiricity occupies (periodically changing) place transcendental. thus fails to consider transcendental operativity artifacts within own empiricist stance. Secondly, it argues for importance usefulness idea Technology with capital T, equally discarded representatives turn, against emerging backdrop Anthropocene age decisive anthropogenic forcing planet growing dominance what recently been called technosphere Earth system science. With Stiegler I show proper, inherent dynamic must be acknowledged historically, anthropologically, techno-evolutionarily well (techno)phenomenologically. conclude demonstrating our time planetary crisis summons us redirect attention transcendental, micro-level macro-level again.