MIDTERMS Flashcards
A work by Martin Heidegger in which the
author discusses the essence of technology.
Heidegger originally published the text in
1954, in Vorträge und Aufsätze.
The Question Concerning Technology
Heidegger initially developed the themes in the
text in the lecture “____________” (“Das
Gestell.”), first presented on December 1,
1949, in Bremen
The Framework
was presented as the
second of four lectures, collectively called
“Insight into what is.” The other lectures were
titled “The Thing” (“Das Ding”), “The Danger”
(“Die Gefahr”), and “The Turning” (“Die
Kehre”).
The Framework
the material, the
matter out of which” something is made
causa materialis
the form, the shape
into which the material enters
causa formalis
, the end, in relation to
which [the thing] required is determined
as to its form and matter
causa finalis
, which brings about
the effect that is the finished
[thing]”.
the “causa efficiens,
Heidegger concludes that “what
technology is, when represented as a
means, discloses itself when we trace
instrumentality back to fourfold
causality”. To explain this, Heidegger
uses the example of a __________.
silver chalice
When these four elements work together to
create something into appearance, it is called
___________.
bringing-forth
This bringing-forth comes from
the Greek _______ which “brings out of
concealment into unconcealment”
poiesis
This revealing can be represented by the
Greek word ________, which in English is
translated as “truth”. This truth has everything
to do with the essence of technology because
technology is a means of revealing the truth.
aletheia
The revealing of modern technology,
therefore, is not bringing-forth, but
rather ____.
challenging-forth
Heidegger draws on the _____ as an example
of how our modern technology can change a
cultural symbol.
River
To further his discussion of modern
technology, Heidegger introduces the notion
of _________. Modern technology
places humans in __________. To
explain this, Heidegger uses the example of a
________ and his relationship to the paper and
print industries, as he waits in standing reserve
for their wishes.
standing-reserve, forester
means the gathering together of
that setting-upon that sets upon man, i.e.,
challenges him forth, to reveal the real, in the
mode of ordering, as standing-reserve.
Enframing
means that way of revealing that
holds sway in the essence of modern
technology and that it is itself not technological.
Enframing
Rather, the threat is the essence because “the
rule of _______ threatens man with the
possibility that it could be denied to him to enter
into a more original revealing and hence to
experience the call of a more primal truth”.
Enframing
is one “concerning the constellation
in which revealing and concealing, in which the
coming to presence of the truth comes to pass”.
In other words, it is finding truth.
The question concerning technology
For _______ is the piety of thought.
questioning
this can thus aptly be described as a comprehensive
attempt to interrogate the idea of technology in order to gain an understanding of the essence
of the thing, rather than merely understanding it
as an instrument or a means.
The Question Concerning Technology
_________ development framework focused
on ________.
Jason Hickel’s, de-development
an alternative
to narrowing the gap between rich and poor countries.
de development
The main strategy for eradicating poverty is the
same: _______.
growth
And
the hard truth is that this global crisis is due
almost entirely to __________ in rich countries.
overconsumption
