{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6135de517b15c1001919edd2/6242d975e96325001256b787?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lecture 10 - Heidegger and Technology","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6135de517b15c1001919edd2/1648548002418-6d37d44b40b5f327d7f9da8209539409.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week I want to explore Heidegger’s main points in his essay the \"Question Concerning Technology.\" It is worth noting that while the essay is relatively short it can in parts be obscure. The essay devotes a lot of time to etymological exposition so as to unpack how or understanding of technology has changed throughout history. Heidegger’s primary argument is that <em>modern</em> technology, not technology per se, has done two things. Firstly, it obscures or makes us forget the question of Being. Secondly, modern technology also induces in humans a metaphysical transformation. This is to say it changes what we <em>are. </em>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.</p>","author_name":"Patrick O'Connor"}