Rekonstrukcja tezy o niedookreśleniu w filozoficznych badaniach techniki
Understanding the Underdetermination Thesis in Philosophy of Technology

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the text is to answer the question: how should the thesis of underdetermina-tion be understood in the field of research on technology? What does this thesis help explain?What difficulties can be seen in adopting it? First, I present the context of the thesis and its firstformulation in the philosophy of technology. Then I present a case study that illustrates themechanism reconstructed in the thesis and, at the same time, an argument for its adoption. Itis also a model example of an analysis conducted within SCOT (Social Construction of Tech-nology)—the social construction of technology. Then I reconstruct an alternative formulationof the thesis—it is not mutually exclusive with Feenberg’s proposal, but in my opinion it can betreated as its specification. Finally, I present the main consequences of adopting this thesis.

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