The mathematical and the metaphysical roots of modern technological thought: Reading Heidegger

Authors

  • Francisco Rüdiger Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2004.24.3267

Keywords:

Heidegger, Technics, Technological Imperialism

Abstract

Heidegger wanted to know the meaning of modern technique connecting its features with a thought’s calling forth principle that he named enframing (Gestell). This article aims to show that another factor, more original, also forms the epochal realm in which enframing arises. We call attention to ‘the mathematical’ and the way this element articulates our historical situation. With this in mind, we intend too understand, in archaeological lines, some conditions of our contemporary technological imperialism.

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Author Biography

Francisco Rüdiger, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

PhD in Social Sciences, University of São Paulo (1995) and Master in Philosophy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1987). He is also a professor at the Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1985). He also teaches at the Department of Philosophy and Communication Courses of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (in this case since 1990).

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2008-04-12

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Rüdiger, F. (2008). The mathematical and the metaphysical roots of modern technological thought: Reading Heidegger. Revista FAMECOS, 11(24), 73–83. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2004.24.3267

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Vol. 11 No. 24 (2004)

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Dossier IAMCR 2004

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