T 5/7 Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology” 3-23

Topics: Freedom, another beginning, the relation of the human being to being

1. According to Heidegger, what is the difference between a free and an unfree relationship to technology?

2. What are the instrumental and anthropological definition of technology that Heidegger is criticizing in this essay?

3. According to Heidegger, the essence of technology has to do with revealing, bring forth into appearance. In what manner does modern machine technology reveal and how is this different than earlier forms of technology?