MIDTERMS Flashcards
A widely acknowledged German philosopher of the 20th century whose focus is on ontology of the study of ‘being’ or dasein (in German).
MARTIN HEIDEGGER
Technology is a means to an end
- Instrumental
Technology is a human activity
- Anthropological
the traditional four causes
(1) the “causa materialis, the material, the matter out of which” something is made;
(2) the “causa formalis, the form, the shape into which the material enters”;
(3) the “causa finalis, the end, in relation to which [the thing] required is determined as to its form and matter”; and
(4) the “causa efficiens, which brings about the effect that is the finished [thing]”.
An act of bringing something out of concealment
Poiesis
Unclosedness; unconcealedness; disclosure; truth
Aletheia
– Resembles the term episteme (human ability to make and perform); art (tangible and intangible); Greeks (acts of the mind, and poetry).
Techne
A way of ordering (or framing) nature to better manipulate it
ENFRAMING
Humans desire to put an order to nature to better understand and control it.
Calculative Thinking
Humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of force or violence.
- Meditative Thinking
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all”
Aristotle
Born in Greece, lived from 384 BC to 322 BC
Aristotle
Aristotle believed that the ultimate goal of human life was to achieve happiness, which he called.
eudaimonia.
The highest good according to Aristotle
solitary nucleus
According to Aristotle, there are three types of friendships
those based on utility,
those based on pleasure or delight,
grounded in virtue.
