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He is the most incomprehensible German Philosopher that ever lived

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Martin Heidegger

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  • Author of “Being and Time”
  • diagnosed modern humanity as suffering from a number of diseases of the soul
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Martin Heidegger

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What is the First disease by Martin Heidegger?

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We have forgotten to notice we’re alive
- we aren’t day-to-day properly in touch with the sheer mystery of existence, the mystery of what Heidegger called “das Sein” or in English, Being

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What is the Second disease by Martin Heidegger?

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We have forgotten that all Being is connected
- jobs and daily routines make us egoistic and focused, we treat others and nature as means and not as ends
- sometimes we may step outside our narrow orbit - and take a more expansive view

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Third disease by Martin

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We forget to be free and to live for ourselves

  • we are thrown into the world at the start of our lives (thrown into a narrow social milieu, surrounded by rigid attitudes, archaic prejudices and practical necessities not of our own making)
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The uncanny strangeness of everything

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Being

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States that everything being in existence right now and are fundamentally united by the basic fact of our common Being

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Unity in being

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8
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finding meaning in life and the world

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Human Flourishing

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Pursuit of the good life

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  • Eudaimonia
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technology will be judged as either good or bad based on the value given to the product based on its use and effect on society (who viewed it this way?)

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ARISTOTELIANIS

Aristotle

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Although technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways. (Jacques Ellul)
Technological Progress has a price
Technological Progress creates more problems
Technological Progress creates damaging effects
Technological Progress creates unpredictable devastating effects

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TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM

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Technology can alleviate all difficulties and provide solutions for problems that may come.

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TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM

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Technology as the supreme authority on everything

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TECHNOCRATISM

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It could either be an instrument(means to an end) or a process (humana activity)
Serves as a means to an end
Provides convenience, knowledge and ensure good quality of life
(Who viewed it this way?)

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TECHNOLOGY (for Heidegger)

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Aristotle’s Causes of Being (4)
What do they mean?

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Causa Materialis or the Material Cause

Causa Formalis or the Formal Cause

Causa Finalis or the Final Cause

Causa Efficiens or the Efficient Cause

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Martin Heidegger stated technology is a way of revealing

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True

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  • “Technology is a way of bringing forth.”
  • It shows so much more about the human person and the world.
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TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF REVEALING

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To bringing forth of something that discloses;
ALETHEIA

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POIESIS

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19
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reveals the truth through techne (art)

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ALETHEIA

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  • It is characterized as challenging forth
  • It challenges nature and demands its resources. (forcibly extracted for human consumption and storage.)
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Modern Technology

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T or F

“We need to work with the rhythms of nature because we have not learned to control it”

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“We no longer need to work with the rhythms of nature because we have learned to control it”

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What did Martin Heidegger established about “Being” or “Dasein”? (2)

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Dasein exists in this world.

Dasein has a self that defines it as it exists in such a world. (purpose)

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The highest goal of humanity is the good life or “human flourishing” (eudaimonia, happiness)
Developing virtues is the way to achieve a rich and satisfying life.
Virtues make us good persons—and help us live a good life.

These are all said by whom?

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Aristotle: father of Virtue Ethics

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A term that combines the Greek word “good” and “spirit” to describe the ideology.

It defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person.

They do this by challenging themselves intellectually or by engaging in activities that make them spiritually richer people. (Who are ‘they’?)

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Eudaimonia

Eudaimonists

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25
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Whare that it states that
happiness is the polar opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain. Because of this, hedonists believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimizes misery.

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The hedonistic view of well-being

26
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Where does it state that
happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival.

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To neurologists

27
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Where does it states that
happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive.

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To behaviorist

28
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Where does it state that
happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

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In psychology

29
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It is released after pleasurable situations
Completing a task
Doing self-care activities
Eating food
Celebrating little wins

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Dopamine (the reward chemical)

30
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It is released during sex, childbirth and sometimes lactations or other situations seen below:
Playing with a dog
Playing with a baby
Holding a hand
Hugging your family
Give compliment

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Oxytocin (the love hormone)

31
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It is released when meditating or exercising
Meditating
Running
Sun exposure
Walk in nature
Swimming
Cycling

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Serotonin (the mood stabilizers)

32
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Laughter exercise
Essential oils
Watch a comedy
Dark chocolate
Exercising

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Endorphin (the painkiller)

33
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Is happiness a destination or journey?

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It can be both

34
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everything being in existence right now and are fundamentally united by the basic fact of our common Being

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Unity in Being

35
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philosophical inquiry into the nature of the good life for a human being

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Nicomachean ethics

36
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The habit of making the right decisions and taking the right actions in context, and relentless pursuit of excellence for the common good.

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Nicomachean ethics

37
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Human flourishing arises as a result of different components such as:

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Phronesis
Friendship
Wealth
Power

38
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His theory about the real source of happiness is to experience it.

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Epicureans view on happiness

39
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He agrees with the ethical doctrine which claims pleasure is the norm of morality – Hedonism.

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Epicureans view on happiness

40
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he suggested we largely accept and believe what is valuable to us, our society, our species

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Nietzsche

41
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Value comes before truth, or rather ‘truth’ is only valued if it is useful, and what is useful will be taken as “truth”

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Nietzsche’s view

42
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The pursuit of truth for truth’s sake may lead us into nihilism–since the ultimate nature of reality is irrational, unknowable and meaningless

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Nietzsche’s view

43
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Life is about flourishing and transforming your environment into a place where you and your kind can flourish

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note

44
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Eastern conception

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Focus is the community-centric
Individual should sacrifice himself for the sake of society
Chinese confucian system
Japanese Bushido
Encourage studies of literature, science, and art for a greater cause

45
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Western conception

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More focused on the individual
Human flourishing as an end
Aristotelian view
Aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good

46
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Who believed that
Technology is a human activity we excel in as a result of achieving science.

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Heidegger

47
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T or F
Good is inherently related to the lies

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False
Good is inherently related to the truth

48
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T or F
Not every discovery, innovation, and success contributes to our pool of human knowledge.

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False
Every discovery, innovation, and success contributes to our pool of human knowledge.

49
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T or F
Human’s perpetual need to locate himself in the world by finding proofs to trace evolution.

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True

50
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Science stems from objectivity brought upon by a rigid method
Claim to reason and empiricism

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o\note

51
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Steps in scientific method

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Observe
Determine the problem
Formulate hypothesis
Conduct experiment
Gather and analyze
Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation

52
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A discipline is a science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.

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Verification theory

53
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Takes into account those results which are measurable and experiments which are repeatable.

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Verification Theory

54
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Group of scholars who believed that: (1) only those which can be observed should be regarded as meaningful, (2) reject those which cannot be directly accessed as meaningless

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Vianna circle

55
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As long as an ideology is not proven to be false and can be best explain a phenomenon over alternative, we should accept the said ideology

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Falsification theory

56
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Allowed emergence of theories otherwise rejected by the verification theory
Encourages research in order to determine which among the theories can stand the test of falsification.

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Falsification theory

57
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Who
Aim at the production of new, falsifiable predictions
Scientific practice is characterized by it continual effort to test theories against experience and make revisions based on the outcomes of these test

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Karl popper

58
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There is no known rule as to the number of instances that a theory is rejected or falsified in order for it to be set aside.
There is no assurance that observable event or “evidences” are indeed manifestations of a certain concept or “theories”

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Falsification Theory

59
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What is meant by a good life?

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Living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries
Characterized by happiness from living and doing well
Content

60
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Refers to the good life marked by happiness and excellence.

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eudaimonia

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