论信息技术时代的三大认识论悖论

On Three Epistemology Paradoxes in Information Technology Age

信息技术革命在推进人类认识发展的同时,也带来了新的认识论问题,三大认识论悖论就是典型的表现。数据悖论揭示信息时代认识者获得的数据激增,但形成的见识更少;知识悖论使人们看到知识的生产过程出现了大众化、民主化与精英化、权威性之间的张力,以及知识的短暂身份和持久价值之间的不一致;认识能力悖论则展示了现代信息技术在辅助人认识水平提高的同时,但也导致认识能力上的新退化。提出和分析这些认识论悖论,是为了更好地面对我们在新技术时代的新境遇以及谋求人类的认识更加合理与协调地发展。

The revolution of information technology promotes the development of human recognition, in the meantime, also brings new epistemology problems. And the three epistemology paradoxes are among the prototype. Data paradox enables people to acquire data tremendously but make them less-sensed. Knowledge paradox makes the production of knowledge to emerge the tension of popularization, democratization, elitism and authority, the inconsistency between temporary status of knowledge and its perpetual value. Acquisition ability paradox shows that modem information technology helps people improve their acquisition level but at the same time degrades their acquisition ability. The paper puts forward and analyzes these epistemology paradoxes in order to let us face the new situation in the new technological age and make human＇s acquisition develop more rationally and coordinately.