3. technology plural technologies ) (1) the study of or a collection of techniques. (2) a particular technological concept (3) the body of tools and other implements produced by a given society. wiktionary
4. Technology is a word that is made of two greek words. Techne and Logos. Techne is the Greek word for Art. Logos is the Greek word for "reasonable language" or "reasoning about". Therefore a direct translation might be "the reasonable language of art" or "reasoning about art"
6. So this is not confusing we might substitute the word "technique" for art. For example, a technique which is an "art form" even though it is quite technical in nature. The resulting literal definition might then be "reasoning about techniques." Technology is therefore "thinking about the best way to do things" Eric (eric@tekblog.net) on wiktionary discussion
8. Etymology of these both words is more complicated than that. Techne (also spelled tekhne) means art as in skill or craft (if we want to see a difference between art and skill). Logos means "language", "reason", "reasoning", or even "world". Also, technology isn't just "thinking", it is also constructing and manipulating the world.
9. Martin Heidegger saw technology as a mode of thinking where everything that is, is seen from the perspective of manipulation. He said this is the prevailing mode of thinking today. Nikke on wiktionary discussion
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11. The enframing is not machines and it is not techno-logical, it is rather the true essence of technology. The enframing is the gathering that reveals the being of man, in this technological age, as the being who orders the entities of the world as standing reserve. It is what reveals the being of man as orderer, and in turn reveals the other entities of the world as ordered. Enframing is the mode of revealing that holds sway, that is to say it is the mode that is chief and unassailable in the essence of modern technology. James Michael Taylor - The Question Concerning Heidegger: Technology and Being, a Deeper Understanding http:// www.webcom.com/~paf/hlinks/techlinks.html
12. Martin Heidegger saw technology as a mode of thinking where everything that is, is seen from the perspective of manipulation. He said this is the prevailing mode of thinking today. Nikke on wiktionary discussion