Title Reflection on the Greek Conception of Production in Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology /
Translation of Title Graikiškosios gaminimo sampratos apmąstymas Heideggerio technikos filosofijoje.
Authors Mickevičius, Tomas Nemunas
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Keywords [eng] Heidegger ; Ancient Greek philosophy ; technology ; production ; being
Abstract [eng] In this dissertation, while accentuating the importance of the conception of modern technology, the core of German philosopher’s Martin Heidegger’s thinking is presented. It is argued that the conception of modern technology arises from the conception of producing behavior found in the early texts and lectures dedicated to explicate the origin of Ancient Greek thinking. At the same time the unique Heideggerian interpretation of the origin of Ancient Greek thinking, which determines the whole of Western thinking, is reactualized. It is argued that it is precisely the explication of the structure of the producing behavior that is the key to understand not only the famous work Being and time, but also to understand the later Heideggerian thinking, seeking for the essence of modern technology. Heidegger understands the situation of contemporary humanity as ever evolving dominion of technoscientific logic of producibility of reality. Christian and modern natural scientific world-views, important for the development of the contemporary technological world-view, are also primarily important as solidifying the logic of technological producibility of reality. It is shown that the ambivalence of Heideggerian treatment of technology also concerns the primary structure of production: on the one hand, the non-technological (i.e. evading the structure of production) experience of reality is sought, on the other hand, it is suggested that precisely through the experience of production real structure of reality is to be seen.
Dissertation Institution Vilniaus universitetas.
Type Summaries of doctoral thesis
Language English
Publication date 2017