MT Topic 1: Technology as a Way of Revealing

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development of science and technology

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human civilization

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bearer and beneficiary of science and technology

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human person

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pursuit of good life (acquire, consume, destroy)

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human person

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• part of human life
• merits reflective and mediative thinking
• gives meaning to life

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science and technology

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makes human lives easier because they serve as means to an end

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tools

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cure and prevention for diseases

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medical research

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“The essence of technology is by no means anything technological”.

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Martin Heidegger

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German Philosopher of the 20th century who opposes positivism

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Martin Heidegger

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is a philosophical school that holds that all genuine knowledge is either true by definitions or positive—meaning derived by reason

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positivism

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Martin Heidegger’s work was focused on _____

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ontology

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ontology

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the study of being or dasein

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Martin Heidegger’s popular works

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1. Seinsvergessenheit (Forgetfulness of being)
2. Bodenstandigkeit (Rootedness in soil)
3. Wesensverfassung (Essential constitution)

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2 definitions of technology

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1. Instrumental (technology is a means to an end)
2. Anthropological (technology is a human activity)

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technology is viewed as a tool and varies in usage

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instrumental

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technology is an instrument aimed at getting things done

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instrumental

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human activity to achieve an end

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anthropological

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production of technological equipment, tools, and machine and the purpose and function they serve

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anthropological

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questions technologies and see beyond people’s common understanding of it

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Martin Heidegger

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technology is a means to an end (instrumentum) and is a human activity

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Martin Heidegger

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Stressed that the “true” can be pursued through the “correct”

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Martin Heidegger

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what is correct leads to what is true

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Martin Heidegger

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he envisioned technology as a way of revealing - or a mode of bringing forth

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Martin Heidegger

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the act of bringing something out of concealment; thus, the truth of that something is revealed

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Poiesis

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unclosedness, disclosuree or truth

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Aletheia

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a form of poesis- a way of revealing that unconceals aletheia or the truth

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technology

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challenges nature by extracting something from it and transforming, storing, and distributing it

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modern technology

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a challenging forth

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modern technology

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it is a mode of revealing but not as harmonious as poesis

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modern technology

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Heidegger considered modern technology as a process of _______

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enframing

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a way of looking or ordering at reality

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enframing

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is placed in a box or frame to better understamd it and controlled according to people's desire

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nature

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challenges humans to enframe nature

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modern technology

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become part of the standing reserve and an instrument of technology

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human

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the role of human to take instruments of technology through enframing is called ________

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destining

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a system is placed in nature to be understood better and controlled

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calculative thinking

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nature is observed and left to reveal itself without forcing it

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meditative thinking

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remarked that it is boastful for humans to think that nature needs to be saved, whereas Mother Nature would remain even if humans cease to exist

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Paulo Coelho

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in facing the dangers of technology, the fear of disappearing from the face of the earth should concern people more than the fear of earth disappearing

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Paulo Coelho

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people must not allow themselves to be consumed by technology to prevent losing the essence of who they are as human beings

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Paulo Coelho

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"But where danger is, grows the saving power also."

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Friedrich Holderlin

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proposed art as the saving power and the way out of enframing

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Martin Heidegger

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the saving power and the way out of enframing

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art

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art as an act of mind

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Martin Heidegger

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art encourages humans to think less from a calculative standpoint

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Martin Heidegger

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encourages humans to think less from a calculative standpoint

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art

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use meditative thinking where nature is seen in an art

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Martin Heidegger

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ART as a saving power (Important)

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Pause, think and question

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associated with being religious

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Piety

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thinking brings forth insight to things that we don't fully understand

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Piety

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allows human to be able to reassess their position not only in the midst of technology around them, but also in the grand scheme of things

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questioning

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clarified the concept of technology from the ancient, modern, and contemporary period

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Martin Heidegger

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in the _______ period, technology was viewed from its essence while modernity shaped technology as enframing that posted a danger to nature

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ancient

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provides us a new perspective on how we relate with technology from art and questioning thought

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Technology as a way of reaveling