QUESTIONING AFTER TECHNOLOGY

The problem is the default of the question: the fate of questioning as such in the wake of technology.

Martin Heidegger emphasizes the question “after” that is to say: “in the wake of” modern technology.

Raising the question of the question at the outset of Being and Time, Heidegger tells us that “Every questioning is a seeking [ Jedes Fragen ist ein Suchen ]” (ga2: 6/sz 5).

John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson render Fragen as “inquiry” but Joan Stambaugh translates Fragen as I would do, that is: as “questioning.”

A philosopher with an interest in sentences and categories, Heidegger explains that “Every questioning after … is in some fashion questioning of …” [Alles Fragen nach … ist in irgendeiner Weise anfragen bei… ]” (ga2: 6/sz 5.).

Published by Babette Babich

Babette Babich, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York City, has wide-ranging interests, with a special focus on the philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, including digital media, as well as art and aesthetics, conceived from the perspective of (classical) continental philosophy. She is interested in themes associated with classics, museum studies, political philosophy, and such.

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