to do with modern technology. Beneath Heidegger's investigation is a warning to the Homo Sapiens and an effort to reclaim justice for the Earth beings. The word "technology" derives from the Greek word "techne", meaning the manner of making something appear such as in the creative process of art. According to Heidegger, Techne as a "bring-in-forth" has its origin in the essence of being. It means to bring something into illumination. However, as a creative force, techne also implies an inherent danger. It can manifest itself as a "setting upon" (stell). Heidegger explains, "The coming to presence of technology, Enframing, as the danger within Being, is Being itself". As such, techne could cover over the truth of Being and block its original opening. Implicitly, the notion, enframing, reveals a deep seated instinct in our species, that is, the will to power which is the engine of modern technology. The central premise of this lecture course mainly concerns with the way humans engage with the world through machination (machenshaft). As such, it threatens the Earth as sentient beings are regarded as useful materials. In his investigation, Heidegger argues that there is a causal connection between science such as physics and the metaphysical system. "Science" in Greek means "enquiry", a passion for discovery. Today's science and technology are instruments to empower man's domination over beings. It is in fact, Heidegger contends, the completion of Western philosophy, "In the age of Greek philosophy, a decisive characteristic of philosophy appears: the development of sciences within the field that philosophy opened up. The development of the sciences is at the same time their separation from philosophy and the establishment of their independence. This process belongs to the completion of philosophy." As the mode of enframing represents the threat of Technology. The natural world, the harboring place of all beings, is subjugated by the will of man. Heidegger laments, "The whole earth as a world market, but also, as will to will, trades in the nature of Being and thus subjects all beings to the trade of a calculation that dominates most
to do with modern technology. Beneath Heidegger's investigation is a warning to the Homo Sapiens and an effort to reclaim justice for the Earth beings. The word "technology" derives from the Greek word "techne", meaning the manner of making something appear such as in the creative process of art. According to Heidegger, Techne as a "bring-in-forth" has its origin in the essence of being. It means to bring something into illumination. However, as a creative force, techne also implies an inherent danger. It can manifest itself as a "setting upon" (stell). Heidegger explains, "The coming to presence of technology, Enframing, as the danger within Being, is Being itself". As such, techne could cover over the truth of Being and block its original opening. Implicitly, the notion, enframing, reveals a deep seated instinct in our species, that is, the will to power which is the engine of modern technology. The central premise of this lecture course mainly concerns with the way humans engage with the world through machination (machenshaft). As such, it threatens the Earth as sentient beings are regarded as useful materials. In his investigation, Heidegger argues that there is a causal connection between science such as physics and the metaphysical system. "Science" in Greek means "enquiry", a passion for discovery. Today's science and technology are instruments to empower man's domination over beings. It is in fact, Heidegger contends, the completion of Western philosophy, "In the age of Greek philosophy, a decisive characteristic of philosophy appears: the development of sciences within the field that philosophy opened up. The development of the sciences is at the same time their separation from philosophy and the establishment of their independence. This process belongs to the completion of philosophy." As the mode of enframing represents the threat of Technology. The natural world, the harboring place of all beings, is subjugated by the will of man. Heidegger laments, "The whole earth as a world market, but also, as will to will, trades in the nature of Being and thus subjects all beings to the trade of a calculation that dominates most
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