questions regarding technology

Question 1

the material, the matter out of which

Answer 1

causa materialis

Question 2

the form, the shape into which the material enters;

Answer 2

causa formalis

Question 3

the end, for example, the sacrificial rite in relation to which the chalice required is determined as to its form and matter;

Answer 3

the causa finalis

Question 4

which brings about the effect that is the finished, actual chalice, in this instance, the silversmith.

Answer 4

causa efficiens

Question 5

belongs to the verb
cadere, “to fall,”

Answer 5

causa, or casus

Question 6

, the arising of something
from out of itself, is a bringing-forth

Answer 6

physis

Question 7

has to do with
the presencing [Anwesen] of that which at any given time comes
to appearance in bringing-forth.

Answer 7

occasionaning

Question 8

This coming rests and moves freely within what we
call

Answer 8

revealing

Question 9

is considered to be the fundamental
characteristic of technology.

Answer 9

instrumentality

Question 10

The word stems from the Greek.
Technikon means that which belongs to

Answer 10

techne

Question 11

is the name not only for the activities and skills of the
craftsman, but also for the arts of the mind and the fine arts. belongs to bringing forth

Answer 11

techne

Question 12

means to challenge, to call forth or summon to action,

Answer 12

Herausfordern

Question 13

greek word for reveling

Answer 13

aletheia

Question 14

We say “truth” and usually understand it as the correctness of
an idea.

Answer 14

veritas

Question 15

Whatever is ordered about in
this way has its own standing.

Answer 15

standing-reserve

Question 16

standing reserve greek word

Answer 16

bestand

Question 17

which primordially unfolds the mountains into mountain
ranges and courses through them in their folded togetherness is
the gathering that we call

Answer 17

gebirg

Question 18

means that way of revealing which holds sway in the essence of
modern technology and which is itself nothing technological.

Answer 18

enframing

Question 19

is not experimental physics because it applies apparatus to the questioning of nature. Rather
the reverse is true.

Answer 19

modern physics

Question 20

is the gathering together that belongs to that
setting-upon which sets upon man and puts him in position to
reveal the real, in the mode of ordering, as standing-reserve.

Answer 20

enframing