DEVELOPMENT TRENDS: TECHNOSPHERIC AND NOOSPHERE ASPECTS

Abstract

From the standpoint of social philosophy the
article discusses the phenomenon of the technosphere and
its impact on the contemporary society. The study of the
technosphere assumes marking the elements of the internal
structure and external constituents. The concept of waves
by A. Toffl er is taken as a basis to identify periods in the technosphere
development. As a result of this analysis an entirely
new understanding of the technosphere is achieved. The latter
is treated as a special technical reality modifi ed at each
stage of social development. The novelty of this paper is to
review the phenomenon of the noosphere in its connection
with the technosphere. The noosphere is considered a project
of the technosphere, which manifests itself at each stage of
human development.