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STS EXAM 2 (section 1) Flashcards

1
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The most divisive philosopher yet also one of
the most important philosophers of the 20th
century

A

Martin Heidegger

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

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Martin Heidegger

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3
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His works are to help us understand the
challenges technology presents, we must
study him both _____ and _________

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carefully and cautiously.

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4
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Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, Das Sein.

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Martin Heidegger

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5
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Focused on ontology or the study of “_______ “
or, in German, Das Sein.

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study of being

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6
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Focused on ontology or the study of “being”
or, in German, _______

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Das Sein.

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7
Q

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

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  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.
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We have forgotten to notice our very
_______.

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being.

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9
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We have forgotten that ________ is
connected.

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all Being is connected.

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10
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We forget to be _____ and to live for
ourselves.

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free

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11
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The Question Concerning Technology

A

book of MARTIN HEIDEGGER

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“The Question Concerning Technology”

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  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.
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13
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Technology is “_________ ”, it is a
way of understanding the world;

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not an instrument

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14
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Technology is “____________”, but
develops beyond human control;

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not a human activity

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15
Q

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

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“the highest danger”

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16
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Common Understanding of technology

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

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17
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Means to an end
Technology is a means to an end.

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Instrumental

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18
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Product of human activity
Technology is a human activity

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Anthropological

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19
Q

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

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The Essence of Technology

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20
Q

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

A

The Essence of Technology

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21
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Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “a means to an end” or “a human activity.”

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The Essence of Technology

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22
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Heidegger opposes the view that technology
is “__________” or “a human activity.”

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“a means to an end”

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23
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The true essence of technology is not
something we make but rather “________________________________”

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“a way of revealing.”

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24
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What is brought forth is the _____

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truth

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25
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Technology is a way of _________, making something

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bringing forth

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26
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Ancient Greek concepts:

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

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Poiesis

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28
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act of bringing something out of concealment

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Poiesis

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truth, disclosure, unconcealedness

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Aletheia

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skill, art, or craft

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Techne

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31
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the human ability to make or perform

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Episteme

32
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Technology is a poiesis that discloses or r_________

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reveals the truth.

33
Q

The Essence of Modern Technology

A

Challenges forth

34
Q

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

A

challenges

35
Q

Very aggressive in its activity.

A

Challenges forth

36
Q

Sets or brings about a setting upon.

A

Challenges forth

37
Q

Expedites unconcealment of nature.

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Challenges forth

38
Q

Stores that which is extracted from nature

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Challenges forth

39
Q

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

A

Challenges forth

40
Q

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

A

Challenges forth

41
Q

Reduces objects as standing reserve nature.

A

Challenges forth

42
Q

Modern technology reveals things to us as
_________

A

standing reserve.

43
Q

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

A

standing reserve.

44
Q

Modern Technology

A
  • Age of switches
  • Standing reserve
  • Stockpiling for its own sake
45
Q

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

A

Modern technology

46
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Way of revealing in modern technology

A

Enframing

47
Q

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

A

Enframing

48
Q

Humankind’s desire to control everything,
including nature.

A

Enframing

49
Q

Conceals poeisis

A

Enframing

50
Q

let nature reveal itself without forcing it or using violence

A

Meditative thinking

51
Q

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

A

Calculative thinking

52
Q

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

A

Enframing

53
Q

Modern technology challenges humans to enframe
nature.

A

Enframing

54
Q

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

A

destining.

55
Q

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

A

Calculative thinking

56
Q

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

A

Meditative thinking

57
Q

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

A

The Dangers of Technology

58
Q

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

A

The Dangers of Technology

59
Q

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

A

critical and reflective thinking

60
Q

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.

A

The Dangers of Technology

61
Q

Nature is _____ (techne) par excellence

A

art

62
Q

the essence of technology is by no means anything technological

A

Martin Heidegger

63
Q

the human person swallowed by _________-

A

technology

64
Q

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

A

Questioning is a piety of thought.

64
Q

Technology is poetic in the primordial experience

A

Art as a way out of enframing

65
Q

_______ is the most poetic

A

Nature

66
Q

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

A

truth.

66
Q

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

A

Art as a way out of enframing

67
Q

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

A

Technology

67
Q

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

A

piety of thought.

68
Q

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

A

reflective and meditative thinking

68
Q

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

A

greater impact on society

69
Q

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

A

piety of thought.

70
Q

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

A

tru basaha ni

70
Q
  • Age of switches
  • Standing reserve
  • Stockpiling for its own sake
A

Modern Technology

71
Q

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

A

The Dangers of Technology

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