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Review for Midterms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The essence of technology is by no means anything technology | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| Martin Heidegger (1977) | The essence of technology is by no means anything technology |
| Martin Heidegger (____-____-) | (1889-1976) |
| German philosopher, whose work is associated with phenomenology and existentialism | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| joined the Nazi Party in 1933. | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| One of the philosophers of the 20th century. | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| Martin Heidegger (1977) __________ philosopher, whose work is associated with __________ and ____________ | German philosopher, whose work is associated with phenomenology and existentialism |
| Martin Heidegger joined the ______ Party in 19___. | joined the Nazi Party in 1933. |
| Works of Martin Heidegger ➢Rose to fame for his critical books: | Being and Time (1927) ➢Question Concerning Technology (1977) |
| Expressed his views on the essence of technology quite differently | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| a revelation of something, an uncovering or a bringing to a light. | ➢Techné: |
| refers to a mode of knowing. | Technology |
| ➢Heidegger disagreed to the idea of technology as a means to an end or a human activity. True or False | True |
| ➢Expressed his views on the essence of technology quite differently. | Martin Heidegger (1977) |
| A way of knowing how it determine our “cognition”, our “mindset”, and thus, how we define ourselves as human beings. | As a mode of knowing |
| ➢A way of getting things done | As a means to an end |
| literally means ‘enframing’; refer to the allencompassing essence of technology; a mode of human existence. | Gestell |
| means “emerging out of concealment into unconcealment” | Revealing |
| Gestell or | (Enframing) |
| (Enframing) or | Gestell |
| all that has come in the world has been ‘enframed’; what has shown itself as itself required first an ‘enframing’. | Gestell (Enframing) |
| ➢Heidegger: “technology as a _____________” | way of revealing |
| “Revealing” is term developed in similarity to the Greek words: | Alѐtheuein Alѐtheia |
| to discover or to uncover what was covered over | Alѐtheuein |
| unclosedness, unconcealedness, disclosure or truth | Alѐtheia |
| “The threat does not come in the instance from the potentially lethal machines and apparatus of technology. Rather, the ___________ because the rule of enframing threatens man with the possibility that it could be denied | threat is the essence |
| : is based on modern physics as an exact science | Modern technology |
| is not bringing-forth, but rather challenging-forth. | Revealing of modern technology |
| is the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before. | Poiesis |
| : takes subject out of objects and make them exists only for their future potential; technology ready to be used in the future. | Standing-reserve: |