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SYNTHESIS
2. FORMULATED QUESTION (1) INTERSECTING LESSON 1 ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A
REVELATION AND THE ARTICLE
3. READING AND UNDERSTANDING OF LESSON 1
4. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
5. THESE ARE THE COVERAGE FOR THE ORAL EXAM.

WORK ON THESE QUESTIONS AND BE READY FOR THE ORAL EXAMS INCLUDING THE QUESTIONS
WHICH YOU HAVE PREPARED.

1. HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY BEEN A TOOL FOR REVEALING HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT?
PROVIDE SITUATIONS AS EXAMPLES.

2. WHAT ARE THE CORE POINTS/IDEAS OF THE PRESENTATION (YOUTUBE).

EXPLAIN THESE CORE IDEAS OF HEIDEGGER REGARDING TECHNOLOGY
AND SOCIETY.
3. EXPLAIN THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND
ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS OF TECHNOLOGY.
4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN ABOUT HEIDEGGER’S MODE OF BEING ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY?
5. TECHNE ENCOMPASSES NOT ONLY A CRAFT BUT OTHER ACTS OF MIND,
AND POETRY. EXPLAIN.
6. IS TECHNOLOGY CONTROLLED BY HUMANS OR ARE HUMANS
CONTROLLING TECHNOLOGY? PROVIDE EXAMPLES.
7. DISCUSS: TECHNOLOGY IS CHALLENGING - FORTH.
8. WHAT IS HEIDEGGER’S MEANING OF STANDING RESERVE? EXPLAIN IN
SIMPLE TERMS.
9. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HUMANS SUBMIT TO WHAT THEY ARE THINKING?
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR ACTIONS?
10. HOW IS TECHNOLOGY A CAUSE AND HOW IS IT AN EFFECT? GIVE
EXAMPLES.
11. GIVE SITUATIONS WHERE HUMANS ARE “SWALLOWED BY TECHNOLOGY”.
12. EXPLAIN SAVING POWER.
13. THE ESSENCE OF TECHNOLOGY IS NOTHING TECHNOLOGICAL. EXPLAIN.