The Legazpi Thomasian Prayer

Lord, in our weakness and vulnerability, bless us with

your grace to soar beyond limits.
Enlighten our vision and guide our mission that we may
clearly see and fully realize our quest.
Keep our passion for the truth burning and our
compassion for humanity bright that we may live truly
and lovingly.
 The Legazpi Thomasian Prayer
Keep us in harmony with the universe that we may be joyfully
one with your creation.
Yet above and before all, Lord, grant us the grace to love you
with all our mind and soul and with all our heart and strength
that we may praise, bless, and preach according to your will.
Make us, Legazpi Thomasians, whole as a person, and as a
community in your wondrous name, this we ask and pray with a
happy and grateful memory.
Amen.
Technology as a
Way of Revealing
 Do you
Agree or Disagree?
Technology is a means.
Agree or Disagree?
Technology is a
human activity.
Agree or Disagree?
Poetry is technology.
Agree or Disagree?
 Nature is a
standing-reserve.
Agree or Disagree?
 Man is
an instrument of
the exploitation of nature.
Agree or Disagree?
Man is in danger of
being swallowed
by technology.
Agree or Disagree?
 There is a
saving power
or a ‘way’ out of the
danger of technology.
Agree or Disagree?
Martin Heidegger
1889-1976
- German philosopher
- taught at the University of
Freiburg, Germany
- explained the definitions of
technology in his treatise, The
Question Concerning Technology
(1977)
The Essence of Technology

1.Instrumental Definition:
Technology is a means to an
end.
The Essence of Technology

1.Instrumental Definition:
Technology is a means to an end.

2.Anthropological Definition:
Technology is a human activity.
 Poiesis as Technology’s Way
Technology asof
a Way of Revealing
Revealing

• Bringing Forth
• Challenging Forth
 Poiesis as Technology’s Way
Technology asof
a Way of Revealing
Revealing

• Bringing Forth
• Challenging Forth
Poiesis as
Technology as
Technology’s Way a Way of Revealing
of Revealing
BRINGING FORTH

- Poiesis – the act of bringing something out of

concealment
Poiesis as
Technology as
Technology’s Way a Way of Revealing
of Revealing
BRINGING FORTH
- Poiesis – the act of bringing something out of
concealment

Technology is a form of poiesis – a way of

revealing that unconceals the truth
Technology Brings Forth

Modern Technology
Modern technology Challenges
Challenges Forth Forth
• Makes people think how to do things faster, more
effectively, and with less effort
Technology Brings Forth

Modern Technology
Modern technology Challenges
Challenges Forth Forth
• Makes people think how to do things faster, more
effectively, and with less effort
• Reduces objects as standing-reserve - something
to be disposed of by those who enframes them -
humans
 Bringing Forth
or

Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Bringing Forth or Challenging Forth?
Enframing as
Modern Technology’s
Way of Revealing
By putting things in a frame, it becomes much easier for humans to
control it according to their desires. a way of ordering (or
framing) nature to better
1. CALCULATIVE THINKING manipulate it.
- human desire to put an order to nature to better understand and
control it
2. MEDITATIVE THINKING
- humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of
force or violence
Enframing as
Modern Technology’s
Way of Revealing
By putting things in a frame, it becomes much easier for humans to
control it according to their desires.

1. CALCULATIVE THINKING
- human desire to put an order to nature to better understand and
control it
2. MEDITATIVE THINKING
- humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of
force or violence
Enframing as
Modern Technology’s
Way of Revealing
By putting things in a frame, it becomes much easier for humans to
control it according to their desires.

1. CALCULATIVE THINKING
- human desire to put an order to nature to better understand and
control it
2. MEDITATIVE THINKING
- humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of
force or violence
Enframing as
Modern Technology’s
Way of Revealing
By putting things in a frame, it becomes much easier for humans to
control it according to their desires.

1. CALCULATIVE THINKING
- human desire to put an order to nature to better understand and
control it
2. MEDITATIVE THINKING
- humans allow nature to reveal itself to them without the use of
force or violence
The Dangers of Technology
The Dangers of Technology
Art is the Saving Power

“But where danger is, grows

the saving power also” (1997,
p. 14)
Art is the Saving Power
• Reflect on the ethical implications of
Heidegger's ideas for technology use. Can
you think of specific situations where being
more aware of "challenging forth" and
"bringing forth" could lead to more
responsible and considerate behavior?
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