The becoming of the idea of technique in Martin Heidegger

Abstract

The work confronts the last great subject of Heidegger’s philosophy: technique. Through a hermeneutic centered on the German philosopher’s own theoretical corpus, the scope of an idea of ​​technique that was a trending topic at the time that Heidegger had to live is discussed. Thus, the analysis focuses on two moments that show in this regard a different concern of the Freiburg philosopher: the first, the phenomenology of Dasein developed in Being and Time and whose main determination is the analytic of the tool regarding Dasein’s own existence; and the second, that of The Question Concerning Technology: the Gestell as the essence of modern technique and the Greek techné as the destination of the ontological question about the essence of technique. These moments make think –especially in this temporality as a permanent confrontation between Dasein and being- that Heidegger’s philosophy of technique ends up transforming into an essentially different philosophy. Said in Deleuze’s terms, in a philosophy of becoming. Keywords: Artifact; Philosophy; World; Ontology; Technology