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Module 4 POEISIS AND DE-DEVELOPMENT Flashcards

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This is an effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment.

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Human Flourishing

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Human flourishing is an effort to achieve ________ and _________.

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Self-actualization and fulfillment

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Human flourishing involves the rational use of one’s ______ ______.

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Human potentialities

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What are the key aspects of human flourishing (5)?

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Happiness
Fulfillment
Well-being
Relationships
Growth

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He is a German philosopher in the 20th century. He said that “the essence of technology.” He said that technology is a key to understanding our current time.

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Martin Heidegger

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What are the 3 claims of Heidegger?

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Technology is
1. not an instrument
2. not a human activity
3. the highest danger

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Heidegger said that technology is not a human activity but develops beyond ______?

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Human control

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When did America bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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1945

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Which places in Japan was bombed by America in 1945?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What helped Hitler become popular?

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Radio broadcast

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They used new technology including factory light concentration camps to carry out the genocide of Jews.

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Natzis

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What new technology did the Natzis use to carry out the genocide of Jews?

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Factory light concentration camps

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This is the book of Martin Heidegger.

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The Question Concerning Technology

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Heidegger writes ____ concerning humanity.

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Questions

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This is a way of revealing the truth.

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Poeisis

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This is a Greek word meaning truth and disclosure.

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Aletheia

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What does Aletheia?

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Truth or disclosure

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This means crafts or arts.

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Techne

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What does techne mean?

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Crafts or arts

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This means to make or to bring into being.

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Poeisis

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What are the definitions of technology?

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Instrumental
Anthropological

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This definition of technology says that it is a means to an end.

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Instrumental

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This definition of technology says that it is a human activity.

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Anthropological

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This is a way of ordering or framing nature to better manipulate it.

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Enframing

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What are the two ways of revealing technology?
Bringing forth Challenging forth
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Bringing forth is also known as?
Poeisis
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Manguindanao.
Minalungao Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Benguet.
Binga Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ifugao.
Sangay Small Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Negros Oriental.
Aplaya Small Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Laguna.
Malayan Small Hydropower Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bulacan.
Angat Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Isabela.
Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is the Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bukidnon.
Pulangi Hydroelectric Power Plant
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This is a dam in Pangasinan
San Roque Dam
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This is a solar farm in el Nido.
EcoTown Solar Farm
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What are the two types of thinking as enflaming ways of revealing?
Calculative thinking Meditative thinking
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This kind of thinking is where humans put an order to nature to better understand or control it. It is for specific use.
Calculative thinking
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This type of thinking is where humans allow nature to reveal itself without force or violence.
Meditative thinking
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He said "“it is boastful for humans to think that nature needs to be saved, whereas Mother Nature would remain even if human cease to exist."
Paulo Coelho
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This speaks of ignorance of humanity trapped int he conventional ethics formed by society.
The Allegory of the Cave
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He is an anthropologist in London who has a nonconformist perspective.
Jason Hickel
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He criticizes failure of growth and development efforts to eradicating poverty.
Jason Hcikel
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How much waste does the world produce per year?
1.8 global hectares
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This word means de growth.
Decroissance
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He is a French Philosopher theorizes steady-state economics.
Andre Gorz
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When was de-development coined?
1972
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This, to Gorz, is a step in the right direction to orient ourselves towards positive future.
Steady-state economics
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Who might be against de-development?
Global north
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They wrote How Much is Enough?
Robert and Edward Skidelsky
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What did Robert and Edward SKidelsky write?
How Much is Enough (Money and the Good Life)
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This means good living.
Buen Vivir
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What does buen vividrmean?
Good living
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This is the primary measure of progress.
Gross Domestic Product
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This reduces poverty and improve standards of living.
Economic Output
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This means that poor countries must match consumption levels.
Catch up Development
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This talks about wealth being generated by economic expansion.
Trickle-down economics
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What is trickle down economics?
It says that wealth is generated by economic expansion and it is a reduction of poverty to benefit everyone. It is a deregulation of the wealth.
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This refers to living a happy, fulfilling, and meaningful life.
Human Flourishing
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The essence of technology is not anything ________.
Technological
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Modern technology is characterized by?
Challenging forth
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This means forcing nature into a resource, treating it as a standing reserve.
Challenging Forth
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What is another word for challenging forth?
Gestell
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He said "forget developing poor countries, it's time to de-develop rich countries."
Jason Hickel
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What are the other terms for challenging forth?
Gestell and Enframing
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Whose idea is human flourishing?
Aristotle
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He said that there is something wrong with the modern, technological culture we live in today.
Heidegger
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What is the perspective of John Hickel?
Non conformist perspective
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What measures earth resources?
Global hectares
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How many global hectares is suggested?
1.8 global hectares
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What is the life expectancy in the US?
79 years
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What is the life expectancy in Cuba?
73 years
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Which country has the highest life expectancy?
Costa Rica
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What is the GDP per capita of US?
53,000
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What is the GDP per capita of Cuba?
6,000
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What is the consumption of US?
8 hectares
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What is the consumption of Cuba?
1.9 hectares

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