Özet:

Macit Gökberk (1908-1993) is an important philospher in the development of the history of philosophy with a scientific perspective in Turkey. While he devoted a large part of his time to the problems of the history of philosophy, he also made significant contributions to the philosophical justification of the Turkish Enlightenment during Atatürk's era and to the philosophical discussion of various cultural and social problems. The most interesting of these philosophical debates are those on language, culture, history, science and technique. In such discussions, Gökberk rises above the accumulated knowledge of the history of philosophy and turns to original philosophical enquiries, that is to say, puts forward his own philosophical attitude and perspective. The problems and social realities of Turkey, which is on the road to modernisation, undoubtedly lie at the basis of such enquiries. One of the most important problem areas of modernising Turkey is undoubtedly science and technology. Gökberk pays close attention to the problem of science and technique, and makes philosophical questioning centred on the axis of human, technique and culture. He adopts a philosophical anthropological approach as the starting point of his enquiries. This article aims to discuss Gökberk's multifaceted questioning of technology, which he weaves around the axis of human, technique and culture, and to analyse his philosophical anthropological views on technology, that is, his philosophy of technology.