TOPIC: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
LESSON 1: TECHNOLOGY AS A WAY OF REVEALING
“The essence of technology is by no means anything technological.”
-MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1997)
Who is Martin Heidegger?
– German Poet and philosopher
– Widely acknowledge as one of the most important philosophers of the 21st century.
– His stern opposition to positivism and technological world domination received
unequivocal support from leading postmodernists and post-structuralisms.
– In 1993 he joined Nazi Party.
– His works on philosophy focused on ONTOLOGY. (being)
– His philosophical works are often described as complicated partly due to his use of
