M4S1 Flashcards
What are the two views of technology?
Instrumental (as a tool) and Anthropological (as human activity)
What is the essence of technology according to the text?
It is revealing.
Why is technology considered neutral?
Because we often view it as a tool or activity, not as an essence.
What is the relationship between cause and effect in technology?
Technology causes change, and the effect is indebted to the cause.
According to Aristotle, how many ways does causality work?
Four ways.
What is the unifying notion in Aristotle’s view of causality?
Starting something on its way to arrival.
What does ‘bringing forth’ in causality mean?
It is a bringing out of concealment, or revealing.
What is the Greek term for truth related to revealing in technology?
Aletheia (truth as revealing).
What does techne encompass?
Craft, mind acts, and poetry.
What is the difference between primitive crafts and modern technology in revealing?
Primitive crafts bring forth, modern technology challenges forth.
How does modern technology reveal nature?
By extracting, transforming, storing, and distributing it.
What is the concept of ‘standing reserve’ in technology?
Nature is seen as a resource to be exploited.
What does ‘enframing’ mean in technology?
It is the process of revealing nature as standing-reserve.
Is enframing prior to the development of science?
Yes, it is historically prior.
What does ‘destining’ mean in the context of technology?
Technology and enframing direct man’s role in revealing nature.
What danger does enframing pose to man?
Man may become just part of the standing-reserve, losing his humanity.
What is the threat of technology according to Heidegger?
The essence of technology itself, not its products or activities.
What does Hölderlin say about danger and saving power?
The saving power grows where danger is.
How can poetry help reveal the essence of technology?
By providing a different kind of revealing, not challenging-forth.
How is poetry related to techne?
Poetry is included in techne, akin to modern technology but different.
What is the essential difference between technology and poetry?
Poetry brings forth rather than challenges forth.
How can poetry reveal the essence of technology?
It helps reveal without reducing everything to standing-reserve.
