UNIT II – LESSON 1:

TECHNOLOGY AS A
WAY OF
REVEALING
1.6 Art as a Way out of Enframing
1.7 Human Conditions before and after
Science and Technology

REVIEW
 MOTIVATION

What does art mean to you?

How does this art influenced
your living conditions?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
AFTER THIS LESSON, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

Explain why art is the saving power of

modern technology
Analyze the changes in human
condition.
1.6 ART AS A WAY OUT OF
ENFRAMING
ENFRAMING: MODERN TECHNOLOGY’S
WAY OF REVEALING

Enframing - nature is put in a

box or a frame so that it can be
better understood and controlled
according to people's desires.
 2 ways on how people regard nature:

Meditative
Calculative Thinking
Thinking

People put control, orders, and People lets nature alone reveal
system so it can be better its beauty to humanity.
understood based on their
desires.
 ART AS A WAY OUT OF ENFRAMING
Since the dangers of technology have unfolded
and are evident, it is necessary for us to reflect on
our actions to avoid it (Heidegger, 1977).
We should realize that enframing nature can
prevent poiesis. Thus, we are depriving ourselves
in appreciating the significance of nature into our
being and in witnessing how technology reveals
the realm of truth of the universe.
 ART AS A WAY OUT OF ENFRAMING
For Heidegger, art is an activity of the mind. So
it has the capacity to shift the minds of the
people from using calculative thinking and to
start appreciating the value of nature through the
use of meditative thinking.
Hence, when we realize that nature is the most
beautiful art, we may see its worth and start to
take good care of it.
1.7 HUMAN CONDITIONS
(BEFORE AND AFTER
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY)
THE HUMAN CONDITIONS BEFORE COMMON
ERA
Homo erectus has been using fire to cook, all
the while without realizing the laws of friction
and heat.
People discovered minerals and began forging
metalwork just like their jewelries considered to
be a luxury, such as bones of animals they hunt.
THE HUMAN CONDITIONS BEFORE COMMON
ERA
Fur clothing and animal skin are primarily used
for comfort against harsh winds. They begin to
cover themselves up out of necessity.
People of the time had also painstakingly
wrought (work) and hewed (carve) said figures
in honor of some deity.
THE HUMAN CONDITION DURING COMMON
ERA

Growing population, overhunting and

overfishing are endemic therefore it can cause
extinction of resources.
They began to hunt, farm, and produce things
with the prospect of profit.
THE HUMAN CONDITION DURING COMMON
ERA

When they could not sell products, they used

their skills and got compensated for it—bringing
forth a specialized group of artisans.
Physical strength was valued at most, although
there appeared to be as many intellectually gifted
figures just the same.
NOTABLE COMPARISONS THEN AND NOW
(IN THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT)

1. Mortality Rate.
Due to technology, lesser women and children die
during birth, assuring robust population and strong
workforce.
medical care for premature infants
proper maternal care for mothers
NOTABLE COMPARISONS THEN AND NOW
(IN THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT)

2. Average Lifespan.
Aside from the reason that people engage in less
combat and are less likely to die in treatable diseases
now as opposed to then, science is able to prolong
lives by enhancing living status and discovering
different remedies to most diseases. Distribution of
medicines is also made easier and faster.
NOTABLE COMPARISONS THEN AND NOW
(IN THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT)

3. Literacy Rate.
Access to education provided to more individuals
generally creates a more informed public that could
determine a more just society.
NOTABLE COMPARISONS THEN AND NOW
(IN THE USAGE OF TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT)

4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

It is used to determine the value of the country's
goods and services produced within the territory
given a certain time period. Higher country income is
brought upon by high productivity, often an indicator
of the presence of technology.
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