STS EXAM 2 (section 1)

Question 1

The most divisive philosopher yet also one of
the most important philosophers of the 20th
century

Answer 1

Martin Heidegger

Question 2

His works are to help us understand the
challenges technology presents, we must
study him both carefully and cautiously.

Answer 2

Martin Heidegger

Question 3

His works are to help us understand the
challenges technology presents, we must
study him both _____ and _________

Answer 3

carefully and cautiously.

Question 4

Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, Das Sein.

Answer 4

Martin Heidegger

Question 5

Focused on ontology or the study of “_______ “
or, in German, Das Sein.

Answer 5

study of being

Question 6

Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, _______

Answer 6

Das Sein.

Question 7

He diagnosed modern humanity as suffering
from a number of diseases of the soul.

Answer 7

1. We have forgotten to notice our very
   being.
2. We have forgotten that all Being is
   connected.
3. We forget to be free and to live for
   ourselves.

Question 8

We have forgotten to notice our very
_______.

Answer 8

being.

Question 9

We have forgotten that ________ is
connected.

Answer 9

all Being is connected.

Question 10

We forget to be _____ and to live for
ourselves.

Answer 10

free

Question 11

The Question Concerning Technology

Answer 11

book of MARTIN HEIDEGGER

Question 12

“The Question Concerning Technology”

Answer 12

1. Technology is “not an instrument”, it is a
   way of understanding the world;
2. Technology is “not a human activity”, but
   develops beyond human control; and
3. Technology is “the highest danger”, risking
   us to only see the world through
   technological thinking.

Question 13

Technology is “_________ ”, it is a
way of understanding the world;

Answer 13

not an instrument

Question 14

Technology is “____________”, but
develops beyond human control;

Answer 14

not a human activity

Question 15

Technology is “__________, risking
us to only see the world through
technological thinking.

Answer 15

“the highest danger”

Question 16

Common Understanding of technology

Answer 16

Means to an end - Instrumental
Product of human activity - Anthropological

Question 17

Means to an end
Technology is a means to an end.

Answer 17

Instrumental

Question 18

Product of human activity
Technology is a human activity

Answer 18

Anthropological

Question 19

To procure ends by utilizing the means is
basically considered a human activity.

Answer 19

The Essence of Technology

Question 20

We are merely seeing technology based on its
utility or its purpose.

Answer 20

The Essence of Technology

Question 21

Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “a means to an end” or “a human activity.”

Answer 21

The Essence of Technology

Question 22

Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “__________” or “a human activity.”

Answer 22

“a means to an end”

Question 23

The true essence of technology is not
something we make but rather “________________________________”

Answer 23

“a way of revealing.”

Question 24

What is brought forth is the _____

Answer 24

truth

Question 25

Technology is a way of _________, making something

Answer 25

bringing forth

Question 26

Ancient Greek concepts:

Answer 26

* Poiesis – bringing forth * Aletheia – truth, disclosure, unconcealedness * Techne – skill, art, or craft * Episteme – human ability to make or perform

Question 27

bringing forth

Answer 27

Poiesis

Question 28

act of bringing something out of concealment

Answer 28

Poiesis

Question 29

truth, disclosure, unconcealedness

Answer 29

Aletheia

Question 30

skill, art, or craft

Answer 30

Techne

Question 31

the human ability to make or perform

Answer 31

Episteme

Question 32

Technology is a poiesis that discloses or r_________

Answer 32

reveals the truth.

Question 33

The Essence of Modern Technology

Answer 33

Challenges forth

Question 34

Modern technology "____________" nature by extracting something from it and transforming, storing, and distributing it.

Answer 34

challenges

Question 35

Very aggressive in its activity.

Answer 35

Challenges forth

Question 36

Sets or brings about a setting upon.

Answer 36

Challenges forth

Question 37

Expedites unconcealment of nature.

Answer 37

Challenges forth

Question 38

Stores that which is extracted from nature

Answer 38

Challenges forth

Question 39

It makes people think of how to do things faster, more effectively, and with less effort.

Answer 39

Challenges forth

Question 40

It prompts people into dominating and enframing the Earth's natural resources.

Answer 40

Challenges forth

Question 41

Reduces objects as standing reserve nature.

Answer 41

Challenges forth

Question 42

Modern technology reveals things to us as _________

Answer 42

standing reserve.

Question 43

something to be disposed of by those who enframe them - humans

Answer 43

standing reserve.

Question 44

Modern Technology

Answer 44

- Age of switches - Standing reserve - Stockpiling for its own sake

Question 45

______________views Earth as a huge gas station, a representative of the extraction, drilling and rape of Mother Nature.

Answer 45

Modern technology

Question 46

Way of revealing in modern technology

Answer 46

Enframing

Question 47

Views nature as calculable and orderable system of information (calculative thinking)

Answer 47

Enframing

Question 48

Humankind's desire to control everything, including nature.

Answer 48

Enframing

Question 49

Conceals poeisis

Answer 49

Enframing

Question 50

let nature reveal itself without forcing it or using violence

Answer 50

Meditative thinking

Question 51

tends to be more commonly utilized, primarily because of humans desire to control due to their fear of irregularity.

Answer 51

Calculative thinking

Question 52

A way of ordering nature to better manipulate it because of how humans desire security.

Answer 52

Enframing

Question 53

Modern technology challenges humans to enframe nature.

Answer 53

Enframing

Question 54

The role humans take as instruments of technology through enframing is called _________

Answer 54

destining.

Question 55

humans desire to put an order to nature to better understand and control it.

Answer 55

Calculative thinking

Question 56

humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of force or violence

Answer 56

Meditative thinking

Question 57

Lie in how we let ourselves be consumed by technology, thereby losing the essence of who we are as human beings.

Answer 57

The Dangers of Technology

Question 58

Humans are in danger of becoming merely part of the standing reserve.

Answer 58

The Dangers of Technology

Question 59

uRecognizing the dangers of technology requires __________ and __________ on its use.

Answer 59

critical and reflective thinking

Question 60

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.

Answer 60

The Dangers of Technology

Question 61

Nature is _____ (techne) par excellence

Answer 61

art

Question 62

the essence of technology is by no means anything technological

Answer 62

Martin Heidegger

Question 63

the human person swallowed by _________-

Answer 63

technology

Question 64

A process of knowing the truth of who we are as beings in this world.

Answer 64

Questioning is a piety of thought.

Question 64

Technology is poetic in the primordial experience

Answer 64

Art as a way out of enframing

Question 65

_______ is the most poetic

Answer 65

Nature

Question 66

Art as an act of the mind protected and has great power over the _____

Answer 66

truth.

Question 66

Art encourages humans to think less from a calculative standpoint and inspires meditative thinking where nature is seen as an art.

Answer 66

Art as a way out of enframing

Question 67

_________ is usually thought of as that which solves problems but Heidegger asserts that it is something we must question.

Answer 67

Technology

Question 67

It is only through questioning that we are able to reassess our position in the midst of technology in this day and age.

Answer 67

piety of thought.

Question 68

Science and technology must be taken as part of human life that merits ______and _____thinking.

Answer 68

reflective and meditative thinking

Question 68

science and technology must be examined not only for their function and instrumentality but also for their ___________ as a whole.

Answer 68

greater impact on society

Question 69

It is in questioning that we build a way to understand.

Answer 69

piety of thought.

Question 70

Science and technology, despite its methodical and technical nature, gives meaning to the life of a person making his/her way in the world.

Answer 70

tru basaha ni

Question 70

- Age of switches - Standing reserve - Stockpiling for its own sake

Answer 70

Modern Technology

Question 71

Recognizing the dangers of technology requires critical and reflective thinking on its use.

Answer 71

The Dangers of Technology