Buch | Kapitel
Heidegger's philosophy of science
the two essences of science
pp. 43-60
Abstrakt
The later Heidegger criticized the kind of thinking which, bent only on control and exploitation, threatens to overrun the contemporary technological world. He directed this critique, not precisely against technology, but against what he called the "essence" (Wesen) of technology, where Wesen had the old verbal sense of coming to be, coming to pass, coming about.1 He was concerned, not with technological instruments themselves, but with what is coming to pass in and through a world filled with these instruments. What mattered for Heidegger is our understanding of ourselves and of the world in an age governed by the paradigm of technological control. He offered an important critique of the totalitarian tendencies of contemporary culture, in virtue of which science and technology are swept up in a repressive, totalizing movement which threatens to run out of control.
Publication details
Published in:
Margolis Joseph, Krausz Michael, Burian Richard M (1986) Rationality, relativism and the human sciences. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 43-60
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-4362-9_3
Referenz:
Caputo John D (1986) „Heidegger's philosophy of science: the two essences of science“, In: J. Margolis, M. Krausz & R.M. Burian (eds.), Rationality, relativism and the human sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, 43–60.