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1、OntheModeofExistenceofTechnicalObjectsbyGilbertSimondonParis:Aubier,EditionsMontaigne,1958TranslatedfromtheFrenchbyNinianMellamphywithaPrefacebyJohnHartUniversityofWesternOntarioJune1980WorkonthisprojectwassupportedthroughtheExplorationsProgramofTheCanadaCouncilContentsPR
2、EFACE------------------------------------------------------iINTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------1CHAPTERONETHEGENESISOFTHETECHNICALOBJECT:THEPROCESSOFCONCRETIZATIONI.AbstractTechnicalObjectandConcreteTechnicalObjectllII.ConditionsofTechnicalevolut
3、ionl?III.TheRythmofTechnicalProgress;ContinuousandMinorImprovementandDiscontinuousandMajorImprovement34CHAPTERTWOTHEEVOLUTIONOFTECHNICALREALITY:ELEMENT,INDIVIDUALANDENSEt1BLEI.HyperteliaandSelf-ConditioninginTechnicalEvolution.....51II.TechnicalInvention:FormandContentinL
4、ifeandinInventiveThought60III.TechnicalIndividualization68IV.EvolutiveChainsandTechnicityConservations-TheLawofRelaxation?5V.TechnicalityandtheEVOlutionofTechnics:TechnicalityasanInstrumentofTechnicalEvolution82******i-f",i--##J-_.iPREFACEbyJohnHartSimondon'sdoctoralthesi
5、s,ofwhichtheEnglishtranslationofPartIisgivenhere,hasatwo-foldvalue,firstlyforreasonsimplicitintheinitialrecognitionitreceivedtwodecadesago,andsecondlyforitsrelevanceinconnectionwiththemeswhichhavesincebecomemoreevident.Slowasithasbeentoobtaintherecognitionitdeserves,thebo
6、okreceivedattentionoriginallyasanintroductiontoanewwayofunderstandingtechnology.Asascholarlyworkexplainingthehumanitycontainedinthemachine,therewasnothinglikeitintheentirephilo•sophicalcorpusdevotedtothemachine,nothingthatis,whichcombinedaphilosophicaltreatmentwiththesame
7、proximitytothetechnicalobject.TheoutstandingqualityofSimondon'streatmentisthatforallthedifficultiesofcrossingseparateddomainsofmeaninghiswritingisessentially,deepdown,aworkofpraise.When,atthesecondmechanologyconference,hecommendedtheCoalBoardofEnglandfortherestorationofaN
8、ewcomenEngine,heobservedthattheobjectiveofconservatoriesandmuseumsistoputtechnicalobjectsbackint