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
What are the two types of thinking?
- calculative
- meditative
“It is boastful for humans to think that nature needs, to be saved, whereas mother nature would remain even if humans cease to exist” is a phrase stated by…
Paulo Coelho
“People are delivered over to technology in the worst possible way when they regard it as something neutral” is a phrase stated by…
Martin Heidegger
“But where danger is, grows the saving power also” is a phrase stated by…
Friedrich Holderlin
” And art was simply called techne, it was single, manifold revealing” is a phrase stated by…
Martin Heidegger
despite being of great importance in our technological world, is a thinking “of a special kind.
Calculative thinking
It means to notice, to observe, to ponder, to awaken an awareness of what is actually taking place around us and in us.
Mediative thinking
Science must be guided by some ______ ______ that is not dictated by science itself
ethical basis
What is good by itself and self-sufficient
Intrinsic Good
What is good as a means of achieving something else
instrumental good
pleasure
instrumental or intrinsic
instrumental
wealth
instrumental or intrinsic
instrumental
fame and honor
instrumental or intrinsic
instrumental
happiness
instrumental or intrinsic
intrinsic
happiness has both virtue and excellence
True or False
True
What does Eu in Eudaimonia mean?
Good
It means living well and doing well
happiness
What does daimon in Eudaimonia mean?
Happiness/ welfare
What are the parts of the tripartite soul?
nutritive
sensitive
rational
It is a locomotive perceptive (tripartite soul)
sensitive
It is theoretical, practical
tripartite soul
Rational
it is growth, nutrition, reproduction (tripartite soul)
nutritive
what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that humans need
rational
sensitive
nutritive
what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that animals need
sensitive
nutritive
what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that plants need
nutritive
Arête means
“excellence of any kind” & “Moral value”
A type of virtue that means wisdom and understanding
intellectual value
A type of virtue that means habitual practice
moral virtue
What are the two types of virtues?
moral virtue
intellectual value
For Aristotle, the attainment of good life is the main purpose of human existence
(True or False)
true
The highest good according to Aristotle is a solitary nucleus, which all other goods are acted upon for; for Aristotle this highest good is __________ (which translates to living well).
happiness or eudaimonia
What are three types of friendships according to Aristotle?
those based on utility
those based on pleasure or delight
those grounded in virtue.
Friendship based on ______, people associate for their mutual usefulness. These relationships are the most common.
utility
The key intellectual virtues are _______, which governs ethical behavior, and ____________, which is expressed in scientific endeavor and contemplation.
wisdom, understanding
Moral virtues are exemplified by courage, temperance, and liberality
(True or False)
True
Regarding what are the most important virtues, Aristotle proposed the following nine:
wisdom prudence justice fortitude courage liberality magnificence magnanimity temperance
For human beings, ________ is activity of the soul in accordance with arete (excellence, virtue, or what something is good for”)
eudaemonia
________ the end of life, that to which all things aim, is activity in accordance with reason (the arete or peculiar excellence of a person).
Happiness
________ as a moral virtue achieves a mean between wastefulness (deficiency) and greed (excess).
Generosity / Balance
According to Aristotle, the intellectual virtues include:
- scientific knowledge (episteme),
- artistic or technical knowledge (techne)
- intuitive reason (nous)
- practical wisdom (phronesis)
- philosophic wisdom (sophia).
Developments in science and technology are fundamentally altering the way people live, connect, communicate and transact, with profound effects on economic development.
(True or False)
True
