ESTAGA JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Philosophers over the years have pondered on the meaning of technology. However, one can hardly engage in a philosophical reflection on the relationship between the human person and technology without giving a considerable attention to the classic philosophical reflection by Martin Heidegger on technological development. This paper, therefore, focuses on his philosophy of technology, which is his critique of technology, in precisely the way he calls our attention to the ontological and social crisis brought about by modern technology’s new, albeit distorting, ways of ordering the world and hence also the reorganization of our cognitive perception of reality. While focusing on his lecture note on: The Question Concerning Technology, this paper would go further to question his questioning of technology. The critical and analytical methods of inquire will be adopted for the development of this paper. The paper submits that his work draws humanity’s attention to the fact that effort must be made to safeguard the dignity and integrity of the human person in the midst of technological development.

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