STS EXAM 2 (section 1) Flashcards
The most divisive philosopher yet also one of
the most important philosophers of the 20th
century
Martin Heidegger
His works are to help us understand the
challenges technology presents, we must
study him both carefully and cautiously.
Martin Heidegger
His works are to help us understand the
challenges technology presents, we must
study him both _____ and _________
carefully and cautiously.
Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, Das Sein.
Martin Heidegger
Focused on ontology or the study of “_______ “
or, in German, Das Sein.
study of being
Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, _______
Das Sein.
He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering
from a number of diseases of the soul.
- We have forgotten to notice our very
being. - We have forgotten that all Being is
connected. - We forget to be free and to live for
ourselves.
We have forgotten to notice our very
_______.
being.
We have forgotten that ________ is
connected.
all Being is connected.
We forget to be _____ and to live for
ourselves.
free
The Question Concerning Technology
book of MARTIN HEIDEGGER
“The Question Concerning Technology”
- Technology is “not an instrument”, it is a
way of understanding the world; - Technology is “not a human activity”, but
develops beyond human control; and - Technology is “the highest danger”, risking
us to only see the world through
technological thinking.
Technology is “_________ ”, it is a
way of understanding the world;
not an instrument
Technology is “____________”, but
develops beyond human control;
not a human activity
Technology is “__________, risking
us to only see the world through
technological thinking.
“the highest danger”
Common Understanding of technology
Means to an end - Instrumental
Product of human activity - Anthropological
Means to an end
Technology is a means to an end.
Instrumental
Product of human activity
Technology is a human activity
Anthropological
To procure ends by utilizing the means is
basically considered a human activity.
The Essence of Technology
We are merely seeing technology based on its
utility or its purpose.
The Essence of Technology
Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “a means to an end” or “a human activity.”
The Essence of Technology
Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “__________” or “a human activity.”
“a means to an end”
The true essence of technology is not
something we make but rather “________________________________”
“a way of revealing.”
What is brought forth is the _____
truth
Technology is a way of _________, making something
bringing forth
Ancient Greek concepts:
- Poiesis – bringing forth
- Aletheia – truth, disclosure, unconcealedness
- Techne – skill, art, or craft
- Episteme – human ability to make or perform
bringing forth
Poiesis
act of bringing something out of concealment
Poiesis
truth, disclosure, unconcealedness
Aletheia
skill, art, or craft
Techne
the human ability to make or perform
Episteme
Technology is a poiesis that discloses or r_________
reveals the truth.
The Essence of Modern Technology
Challenges forth
Modern technology “____________” nature by
extracting something from it and transforming,
storing, and distributing it.
challenges
Very aggressive in its activity.
Challenges forth
Sets or brings about a setting upon.
Challenges forth
Expedites unconcealment of nature.
Challenges forth
Stores that which is extracted from nature
Challenges forth
It makes people think of how to do things faster, more effectively, and with less effort.
Challenges forth
It prompts people into dominating and enframing
the Earth’s natural resources.
Challenges forth
Reduces objects as standing reserve nature.
Challenges forth
Modern technology reveals things to us as
_________
standing reserve.
something to be disposed of by those who enframe them - humans
standing reserve.
Modern Technology
- Age of switches
- Standing reserve
- Stockpiling for its own sake
______________views Earth as a huge gas station, a representative of the extraction, drilling and rape of Mother Nature.
Modern technology
Way of revealing in modern technology
Enframing
Views nature as calculable and orderable
system of information (calculative thinking)
Enframing
Humankind’s desire to control everything,
including nature.
Enframing
Conceals poeisis
Enframing
let nature reveal itself without forcing it or using violence
Meditative thinking
tends to be more commonly utilized, primarily because of humans desire to
control due to their fear of irregularity.
Calculative thinking
A way of ordering nature to better manipulate it
because of how humans desire security.
Enframing
Modern technology challenges humans to enframe
nature.
Enframing
The role humans take as instruments of technology
through enframing is called _________
destining.
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
Lie in how we let ourselves be consumed by
technology, thereby losing the essence of
who we are as human beings.
The Dangers of Technology
Humans are in danger of becoming merely
part of the standing reserve.
The Dangers of Technology
uRecognizing the dangers of technology
requires __________ and __________ on its
use.
critical and reflective thinking
Heidegger explained that people are
delivered over to technology in the worst
possible way when they regard it as
something neutral.
In order to understand the essence of
technology we must also understand things
non-technologically.
The Dangers of Technology
Nature is _____ (techne) par excellence
art
the essence of technology is by no means anything technological
Martin Heidegger
the human person swallowed by _________-
technology
A process of knowing the truth of who we are as beings in this world.
Questioning is a piety of thought.
Technology is poetic in the primordial experience
Art as a way out of enframing
_______ is the most poetic
Nature
Art as an act of the mind protected and has great
power over the _____
truth.
Art encourages humans to think less from a
calculative standpoint and inspires meditative
thinking where nature is seen as an art.
Art as a way out of enframing
_________ is usually thought of as
that which solves problems but
Heidegger asserts that it is something
we must question.
Technology
It is only through questioning that we are able to reassess our position in the midst of technology
in this day and age.
piety of thought.
Science and technology must be taken as part of
human life that merits ______and _____thinking.
reflective and meditative thinking
science and technology must be examined not
only for their function and instrumentality but also
for their ___________ as a whole.
greater impact on society
It is in questioning that we
build a way to understand.
piety of thought.
Science and technology, despite its methodical
and technical nature, gives meaning to the life of a
person making his/her way in the world.
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- Age of switches
- Standing reserve
- Stockpiling for its own sake
Modern Technology
Recognizing the dangers of technology
requires critical and reflective thinking on its
use.
The Dangers of Technology
