Tears in the rain: epistemological reflection on dehumanization and waste on educational technology

This paper presents a research which focuses on the description, establishment and understanding of the relations between the movie Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and released in 1982, and the epistemological circumscription of the educational techniques based on Bachelard's philosophy of science and on the theoretical approach of the problem of technology in education according to authors such as Martin Heidegger, Alvaro Vieira Pinto and Pedro Demo. The investigation followed the bachelardian method of going from the poetical object to the criticism based on the scientific spirit. Thus, two main issues were addressed: (i) articulating the problem of technology and its related activities in a poetic form; (ii) the design of a critical reflection about the psychic becoming (devir) and technological development. The analysis allowed us to identify the importance of the epistemological vigilance over the educational technic, which can preserve its reliable scientific value. Adapted from the source document.