François Laruelle, The Concept of ‘First Technology’: A ‘Unified Theory’ of Technics and Technology, trans. Nandita Biswas Mellamphy (original) (raw)
The paper proposes a 'unified theory' of technics and technology that transcends traditional philosophical and scientific frameworks. It introduces a conceptual framework drawing from the One, suggesting that technics and essence form a strict identity, which is neither purely philosophical nor scientific. The analysis aims to explore projective knowledges and their relation to technical knowledges, positing a new theoretical approach that utilizes ideas from Gödel's Theory of Demonstration to address the interrelations of knowledge, language, and technology without falling into reductionism.