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Midterms Flashcards

1
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Science and technology are responsible for the ways society is continuously being modernized.
(True or False)

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True

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2
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Martin Heidegger envisioned modern technology as a way of revealing—a mode of bringing forth.
(True or False)

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False

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3
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Technology challenges forth because it makes people think how to do things faster, more effectively, and with less effort.
(True or False)

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False

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4
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The dangers of technology lie in how humans let themselves be consumed by it.
(True or False)

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True

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5
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Questioning is a piety of thought. It is only through questioning that humans are able to reassess their position not only in the midst of technology around them but also in the grand scheme of things.
(True or False)

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True

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6
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Which of the following views describes technology as a means to an end?

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Instrumental

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7
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The production or invention of technological equipment, tools and machines, and purpose and functions they serve are what define technology.

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Anthropological

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8
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The act of bringing something out of concealment?

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poiesis

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9
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Which of the following views allows nature to reveal itself without the use of force or violence?

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meditative thinking

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10
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Which of the following Ancient Greek concepts where truth is understood, which can be translated as unclosedness, unconcealedness, or disclosure?

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aletheia

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11
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What is another dasein?

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Ontology

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12
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What is Ontology?

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The study of being / human existence

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13
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What does Seinsvergessenheit mean?

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Forgetfulness of being

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14
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What does Bodenstangigkeit mean?

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Rootedness in soil

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15
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What does Wesensverfassung mean?

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Essential constitution

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16
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Technology is instrumental

True or False

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True

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17
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Technology is an instrument aimed at getting things done

True or False

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True

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18
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is the study of humanity through the application of biology, cultural studies, archaeology, linguistics, and other social sciences.

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Anthropology

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19
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Can also be defined as a human activity because an end and to produce and use a means to an end is, by itself, a human activity

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Technology

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20
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The production or invention of technological equipment, tools and machines, the products, and functions they serve are what define technology
(True or False)

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True

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21
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“The true can only be pursued through the correct”

True or False

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True

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22
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A way of revealing

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A mode of bringing forth

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23
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Bringing something out of concealment

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poeisis

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24
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the truth of that something is revealed

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poeisis

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25
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What does Aletheia

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The truth

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26
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encompasses not only craft but other acts of the mind, and poetry

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Techne

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27
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What are the two types of thinking?

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  • calculative

- meditative

28
Q

“It is boastful for humans to think that nature needs, to be saved, whereas mother nature would remain even if humans cease to exist” is a phrase stated by…

A

Paulo Coelho

29
Q

“People are delivered over to technology in the worst possible way when they regard it as something neutral” is a phrase stated by…

A

Martin Heidegger

30
Q

“But where danger is, grows the saving power also” is a phrase stated by…

A

Friedrich Holderlin

31
Q

” And art was simply called techne, it was single, manifold revealing” is a phrase stated by…

A

Martin Heidegger

32
Q

despite being of great importance in our technological world, is a thinking “of a special kind.

A

Calculative thinking

33
Q

It means to notice, to observe, to ponder, to awaken an awareness of what is actually taking place around us and in us.

A

Mediative thinking

34
Q

Science must be guided by some ______ ______ that is not dictated by science itself

A

ethical basis

35
Q

What is good by itself and self-sufficient

A

Intrinsic Good

36
Q

What is good as a means of achieving something else

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instrumental good

37
Q

pleasure

instrumental or intrinsic

A

instrumental

38
Q

wealth

instrumental or intrinsic

A

instrumental

39
Q

fame and honor

instrumental or intrinsic

A

instrumental

40
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happiness

instrumental or intrinsic

A

intrinsic

41
Q

happiness has both virtue and excellence

True or False

A

True

42
Q

What does Eu in Eudaimonia mean?

A

Good

43
Q

It means living well and doing well

A

happiness

44
Q

What does daimon in Eudaimonia mean?

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Happiness/ welfare

45
Q

What are the parts of the tripartite soul?

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nutritive
sensitive
rational

46
Q

It is a locomotive perceptive (tripartite soul)

A

sensitive

47
Q

It is theoretical, practical

tripartite soul

A

Rational

48
Q

it is growth, nutrition, reproduction (tripartite soul)

A

nutritive

49
Q

what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that humans need

A

rational
sensitive
nutritive

50
Q

what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that animals need

A

sensitive

nutritive

51
Q

what is/are the part/s of the tripartite soul that plants need

A

nutritive

52
Q

Arête means

A

“excellence of any kind” & “Moral value”

53
Q

A type of virtue that means wisdom and understanding

A

intellectual value

54
Q

A type of virtue that means habitual practice

A

moral virtue

55
Q

What are the two types of virtues?

A

moral virtue

intellectual value

56
Q

For Aristotle, the attainment of good life is the main purpose of human existence
(True or False)

A

true

57
Q

The highest good according to Aristotle is a solitary nucleus, which all other goods are acted upon for; for Aristotle this highest good is __________ (which translates to living well).

A

happiness or eudaimonia

58
Q

What are three types of friendships according to Aristotle?

A

those based on utility
those based on pleasure or delight
those grounded in virtue.

59
Q

Friendship based on ______, people associate for their mutual usefulness. These relationships are the most common.

A

utility

60
Q

The key intellectual virtues are _______, which governs ethical behavior, and ____________, which is expressed in scientific endeavor and contemplation.

A

wisdom, understanding

61
Q

Moral virtues are exemplified by courage, temperance, and liberality
(True or False)

A

True

62
Q

Regarding what are the most important virtues, Aristotle proposed the following nine:

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wisdom
prudence
justice
fortitude
courage
liberality
magnificence
magnanimity
temperance
63
Q

For human beings, ________ is activity of the soul in accordance with arete (excellence, virtue, or what something is good for”)

A

eudaemonia

64
Q

________ the end of life, that to which all things aim, is activity in accordance with reason (the arete or peculiar excellence of a person).

A

Happiness

65
Q

________ as a moral virtue achieves a mean between wastefulness (deficiency) and greed (excess).

A

Generosity / Balance

66
Q

According to Aristotle, the intellectual virtues include:

A
  • scientific knowledge (episteme),
  • artistic or technical knowledge (techne)
  • intuitive reason (nous)
  • practical wisdom (phronesis)
  • philosophic wisdom (sophia).
67
Q

Developments in science and technology are fundamentally altering the way people live, connect, communicate and transact, with profound effects on economic development.
(True or False)

A

True

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