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• Philosophy


  the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and language.
• Technological Pessimism

  Belief that technological developments generally lead to more bad than good
• Technological Optimism


  the belief that technology can continually be improved and can improve the lives of people, making the world a better place.
• Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)

  German philosopher whose work is associates with phenomenology and existentialism.
• Martin Heidegger


  He begins " The Question Concerning Technology"
• Technology as a revealing way


  Technology is a means to an end
• Technology as a revealing way


  Technology is a human activity
• causa materialis

  The material cause (ex. silver)
• causa formalis


  The formal cause ( the form or shape)
• causa finalis


  the final cause (the purpose)
• causa efficiens


  the efficient cause (agent: ex. silversmith)
• Enframing


  Philosopher Martin Heidegger's idea that we make true the ideas and framing that we create, the process of repeating it to ourselves makes it true
• Enframing


  way of revealing of modern technology
• calculative thinking

  one orders and puts a system to nature so it can be understood better and controlled.
• meditative thinking


  one lets nature reveal itself to him or her without forcing it
• Natural Philosophy


  An early modern term for the study of the nature of the universe, its purpose, and how it functioned; it encompassed what we would call "science" today.
• Moral Philosophy


  A set of principles, virtues, and values governing social interactions which sustains accepted fundamental rights for all.
• metaphysical philosophy


  branch of philosophy that examines the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, between substance and attribute, and between potentiality and actuality.
• Instrumental definition


  "technology is a means to an end"
• anthropological definition

  "technology is a human activity"
• Aletheia


  unhiddenness or disclosure
• Poiesis


  bringing forth
• Techne


  is the root of technology
• piety

  associated with being religious
• Human flourishing


  is defined as an endeavor to achieve self- actualization and fulfillment within the context of larger community of individuals.
• Human flourishing


  access to pleasant life, the engaged or good life and the meaningful life.
• Seligman, Steen, Park and Peterson 2005


  they stated that human flourishing requires the development of attributes and social and personal levels that exhibit character strengths and virtues that are commonly agreed across different cultures.
• Aristotle


  According to him there is an end of all the actions that we perform which we desire for itself. Flourishing is the greatest good of human endeavors and that toward which all actions aim.
• Aristotle


  The good is what is good for purposeful and goal-directed entities.
• Aristotle


  He presented the various popular conceptions of the best life for human beings; (1) a philosophical life, (2).life of pleasure and (3) a life of political activity.
• Eudaimonia


  means good spirit is a property of one's life when considered as a whole.
• Eudaimonia


  It is formally egoistic in that a person's normative reason for choosing particular actions stems from the idea that he must pursue his own good or flourishing.
• Eudaimonia


  It also implies a divine state of being that humanity is able to strive toward and possibly reach.
• Happiness


  is "doing well" and" living well".
• Happiness


  It is a pleasant state of mind.
• Epicurus


  identifies that the eudaimonia life is the life of pleasure maintains that life of pleasure coincides with the life of virtue.
• Epicurus


  He understands Eudaimonia as a more or less continuous experience of pleasure and, also freedom from pain and distress.
• Virtue


  is only instrumentally related to happiness.
• Socrates


  believed that virtues such as self-control, justice, courage, wisdom, piety and related qualities of mind and soul are absolutely crucial if a person is to lead a good and happy life.
• Virtues


  guarantee a happy life Eudaimonia