THE QUESTION CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY Flashcards
3 ideas of MARTIN HEIDEGGER
-HUMAN EXISTANCE
-ALL BEINGS ARE CONNECTED
-We forgot to be FREE and Live for Ourselves
HUMAN EXISTENCE
DES SEIN - Being (To exist in the world)
DAS NICHTS - The NOTHING
Being (To exist in the world)
DES SEIN
All Beings are connected
GEWORFENHEIT - THROWNNESS
We forgot to be FREE and Live for Ourselves
“The mode of being of someone which is governed by the norm of AUTHENTICITY”
DAS NICHTS
The NOTHING
SELECTED VIEWS ON TECHNOLOGY
-ARISTOTELIANISM
-TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
-TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM
Human Flourishing
To find meaning in life and the world
Eudaimonia:
Pursuit of the Good Life
ARISTOTELIANISM
TECHNOLOGY will be judged as either good or bad based on the value given to the product based on its use and effect to the society
Technology can alleviate difficulties and provide solutions for problems that may come
TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM
Technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways. (Jacques Ellul)
TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
TECHNOCRATISM
Technology as the supreme authority on everything
Jacques Ellul
Technology is progressive and beneficial in many ways, it is also doubtful in many ways
IN TECHNOLOGICAL PESSIMISM
Technological progress creates______
Technological progress:
has a price
creates more problems
creates damaging effects
creates unpredictable devastating effects
The material by which the silver chalice was made of: silver.
Causa Materialis or MATERIAL CAUSE
WHAT ARE THE 4 CAUSES
Causa Materialis or MATERIAL CAUSE
Causa Formalis or FORMAL CAUSE
Causa Efficiens or EFFICIENT CAUSE
Causa Finalis or FINAL CAUSE
Could be an instrument (means to an end) or a process (human activity)
TECHNOLOGY
Provides convenience, knowledge and ensure good quality of life.
TECHNOLOGY
Serves as a means to an end
TECHNOLOGY
The form or the shape that gave the silver chalice its image.
Causa Formalis or FORMAL CAUSE
The purpose or the primary use by which the silver chalice was made for: to be used during the Holy Communion as a vessel for the wine that represents the blood of Christ.
Causa Finalis or FINAL CAUSE
The agent that has caused for the silver chalice to come about the silversmith.
Causa Efficiens or EFFICIENT CAUSE
It shows so much more about the human person and the world.
TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF REVEALING
TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF REVEALING
“Technology is a way of bringing forth.”
POIESIS
(bringing forth of something)
reveals the TRUTH
ALETHEIA
Technology is a _____that discloses ____ through ___
Poiesis
Aletheia
Techne
TECHNE
art
It is characterized as challenging forth.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
forcibly extracted for human consumption and storage.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
“We no longer need to work with the rhythms of nature because we have learned to control it.”
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
It challenges nature and demands of its resources.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
