Midterms Flashcards
Science and technology are responsible for the ways society is continuously being modernized.
(True or False)
True
Martin Heidegger envisioned modern technology as a way of revealing—a mode of bringing forth.
(True or False)
False
Technology challenges forth because it makes people think how to do things faster, more effectively, and with less effort.
(True or False)
False
The dangers of technology lie in how humans let themselves be consumed by it.
(True or False)
True
Questioning is a piety of thought. It is only through questioning that humans are able to reassess their position not only in the midst of technology around them but also in the grand scheme of things.
(True or False)
True
Which of the following views describes technology as a means to an end?
Instrumental
The production or invention of technological equipment, tools and machines, and purpose and functions they serve are what define technology.
Anthropological
The act of bringing something out of concealment?
poiesis
Which of the following views allows nature to reveal itself without the use of force or violence?
meditative thinking
Which of the following Ancient Greek concepts where truth is understood, which can be translated as unclosedness, unconcealedness, or disclosure?
aletheia
What is another dasein?
Ontology
What is Ontology?
The study of being / human existence
What does Seinsvergessenheit mean?
Forgetfulness of being
What does Bodenstangigkeit mean?
Rootedness in soil
What does Wesensverfassung mean?
Essential constitution
Technology is instrumental
True or False
True
Technology is an instrument aimed at getting things done
True or False
True
is the study of humanity through the application of biology, cultural studies, archaeology, linguistics, and other social sciences.
Anthropology
Can also be defined as a human activity because an end and to produce and use a means to an end is, by itself, a human activity
Technology
The production or invention of technological equipment, tools and machines, the products, and functions they serve are what define technology
(True or False)
True
“The true can only be pursued through the correct”
True or False
True
A way of revealing
A mode of bringing forth
Bringing something out of concealment
poeisis
the truth of that something is revealed
poeisis
What does Aletheia
The truth
encompasses not only craft but other acts of the mind, and poetry
Techne