论斯蒂格勒技术哲学中的后种系生成概念

On the Conception of Epiphylogenesis in Stiegler's Philosophy of Technics

后种系生成概念是当代法国著名思想家斯蒂格勒技术哲学中的一个重要概念,这一概念关系到斯蒂格勒整个哲学思想的推演。后种系生成的重要意义来源于斯蒂格勒对爱比米修斯神话和普罗米修斯神话的解读。爱比米修斯神话意味着人先天地缺乏保障其生存的本能,所以必须依靠外在于自身的技术,即人的本质的外在化。这是后种系生成的第一层涵义。普罗米修斯神话的意义在于,死亡的超前性构成了人的进化与技术的进化互相推动的动力。这是后种系生成的第二层涵义。后种系生成这一概念表示人与技术的存在方式和互动结构,它同时解释了人与技术的起源和进化的问题。

The conception of epiphylogenesis is an important notion in contemporary French famous thinker Stiegler＇s philosophy of technics,which relates to the deduction of his whole philosophical thoughts. The significance of epiphylogenesis stems from Stiegler＇s interpretation of Epimetheus myth and Prometheus myth. The significance of Epimetheus myth is that human beings lack a priori the instinct to guarantee their existence,so they must rely on technics out of them. And that is the exteriorization of human essence. This is the first meaning of epiphylogenesis.The significance of Prometheus myth is that the anticipation of death constructs the dynamics of evolution both of human and technics. This is the second meaning of epiphylogenesis. The conception of epiphylogenesis represents the mode of existence and interaction between human and technics,meanwhile,interprets the question of their origins and evolution.