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(M) The Question Concerning Technology Flashcards

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He is a well-known German philosopher who examined the two usual definitions of technology: means to an end and a human activity.

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Martin Heidegger

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What are the two usual definitions of technology that Heidegger examined?

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  1. Means to an end
  2. A human activity
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What are the three big ideas of Heidegger about Human Existence?

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  1. Human Existence
  2. All Beings are connected
  3. We forgot to be free and live for ourselves
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This views technology as means to an end; technology will be judged as either good or bad based on the value given to the product based on its use and effect to the society

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Aristotelianism

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Who is the key person of Aristoteliaism?

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Aristotle

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To him, technology is organizing of techniques in order to meet the demand that is being posed by humans

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Aristotle

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Who is the key person in Technological Pessimism?

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Jacques Ellul

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This view holds that although technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful.

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Technological Pessimism

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This view holds that technology has become the way of life and a framework which humans cannot escape.

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Technological Pessimism

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This view is supported by people who believe that technology can alleviate all the difficulties and provide solutions for problems that may come.

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Technological Optimism

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Refers to the philosophy that technology is the supreme authority on everything

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Technocratism

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The main concern of this view is the existence or the mode of being of someone or something which is governed by the norm of authenticity

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Existentialism

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Who is known as a supporter of Existentialism?

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Heidegger

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To him, the real essence of technology lies in enframing: the gathering of the setting upon which challenges man to bring the unconcealed to unconcealment, and this is a continuous revealing

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Martin Heidegger

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This view basically investigates the meaning of existence or being and is always faced with the selection must make with which the existent will commit himself to

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Existentialism

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Enumerate Aristotle’s Four Causes

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  1. Causa Materialis
  2. Causa Formalis
  3. Causa Efficiens
  4. Causa Finalis
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Refers to the material by which the silver chalice was made of: silver

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Causa Materialis or the Material Cause

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Refers to the form or the shape that gave the silver chalice its image

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Causa Formalis or the Formal Cause

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Refers to the purpose or the primary use by which the silver chalice was made for: to be used during the Holy Communion as a vessel for the wine that represents the blood of Christ

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Causa Finalis or the Final Cause

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Refers to the agent that has caused for the silver chalice to come about: the silversmith

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Causa Efficiens or the Efficient Cause

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What does Das Sein mean?

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being

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What does Das Nichts mean?

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nothing

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What does Geworfenheit mean?

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Throwness

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Bringing forth of something is termed?

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Poeisis

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Aletheia means?

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Truth

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Techne translates to?

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Art

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it is a POIESIS (bringing forth of something) that discloses ALETHEIA (reveals the TRUTH) through TECHNE (art)

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Technology

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It is characterized as challenging forth; It challenges nature and demands of its resources

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Modern Technology

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Technology as a mode of revealing does not stop and continues to be seen in modern technology but not in the bringing-forth sense.

This refers to?

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Nonstop revealing/Continuous revealing

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Gathering of the setting-upon which challenges man to bring the unconcealed to uncolcealment is called?

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Enframing

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The process of putting n order whatever is resented to the man who sets upon the unconcealed

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Enframing

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Refers to how man looks at any matter and seeing how it can be an answer to a need or want.

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Enframing

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