{"id":2118,"date":"2014-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wptest\/2023\/09\/06\/what-is-technology\/"},"modified":"2014-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"what-is-technology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/2014\/01\/12\/what-is-technology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Technology?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00a0wish\u00a0to\u00a0claim\u00a0that\u00a0technology\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0what\u00a0man\u00a0uses\u00a0to\u00a0master\u00a0nature,\u00a0but\u00a0a\u00a0philosophy\u00a0of\u00a0 history\u00a0\u00ad\u00a0a\u00a0way\u00a0of\u00a0looking\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0way\u00a0of\u00a0life.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0aim\u00a0of\u00a0my\u00a0project\u00a0was\u00a0to\u00a0trace\u00a0the\u00a0history\u00a0of\u00a0technology\u00a0in\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0establish\u00a0a\u00a0definition\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0essence\u00a0that\u00a0is\u00a0 consistent\u00a0across\u00a0time.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Heidegger\u00a0argued\u00a0that\u00a0technology\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0means\u00a0of\u00a0exploiting\u00a0nature,\u00a0reducing\u00a0it\u00a0to\u00a0\u201cstanding\u00a0reserve\u201d\u00a0which\u00a0we\u00a0can\u00a0draw\u00a0upon\u00a0as\u00a0we\u00a0desire\u00a0it.\u00a0Further,\u00a0he\u00a0argued\u00a0that\u00a0modern\u00a0technology\u00a0reduces\u00a0man\u00a0to\u00a0standing\u00a0reserve\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0 should\u00a0be\u00a0sceptical\u00a0of\u00a0it.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0response\u00a0to\u00a0his\u00a0argument\u00a0I\u00a0explored\u00a0the\u00a0thought\u00a0of\u00a0Marcuse\u00a0and\u00a0Feenberg\u00a0who\u00a0both\u00a0suggest\u00a0that\u00a0technology\u00a0is\u00a0defined\u00a0more\u00a0by\u00a0its\u00a0social\u00a0elements\u00a0than\u00a0by\u00a0its\u00a0function.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u00a0I\u00a0explored\u00a0the\u00a0future\u00a0of\u00a0technology,\u00a0specifically\u00a0artificial\u00a0intelligence,\u00a0and\u00a0considered\u00a0which,\u00a0if\u00a0any,\u00a0definition\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0essence\u00a0of\u00a0technology\u00a0I\u00a0explored\u00a0remains\u00a0applicable.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Main\u00a0Sources:\u00a0<br \/>\nThe\u00a0Questioning\u00a0Concerning\u00a0Technology\u00a0by\u00a0 Heidegger,\u00a0One\u00ad Dimensional\u00a0Man\u00a0by\u00a0Marcuse,\u00a0and\u00a0Questioning\u00a0 Technology\u00a0by\u00a0Feenberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Cassidy, 2014, Stage 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,22,123],"tags":[34,156,69],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-201","category-abstracts","category-stage-3-abstracts","tag-heidegger","tag-history","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}