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What Is Technique?

What Is Technique?

Code	15567
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	N.A.
Learning outcomes	The question "What is technique?" no need to claim an immediate response; quite the opposite, it immediately invites us to take on the investigative role in which the question is played. In this sense, this UC aims to stimulate the practice of philosophical questioning, via a fundamental theme of philosophy. At the end of the UC, the student must be able to: (i) identify issues related to the technique; (ii) explain the fundamental elements of the perspectives studied; (iii) discuss answers to the question “What is the technique?”; (iv) problematize the technique.
Syllabus	1. Do, Produce, and Create. The nexus between Justice and Work. 3. Technology as a “way of life.” 4. The work of art at the time of its possibility of technical reproduction. 4. Technology and the imperative of responsibility. 5. Technique as a philosophical problem. Lines of current reflection.
Main Bibliography	Benjamin, W., "A obra de arte na época da sua possibilidade de reprodução técnica”, in: Sobre arte, técnica, linguagem e política, Lisboa, Relógio D’Água, 2012. Cassirer, E., “Forma e Técnica”, in: Natureza Humana 24.1 (2022): 1-39. Günther, A., La obsolescencia del hombre, Editorial Pre-textos, 2011. Heidegger, M.. "A questão da técnica", in: Scientiæ studia 5.3 (2007): 375-398. Hesíodo, Trabalhos e Dias, 7 Letras. Holanda, F., Da Pintura Antiga, introd. e notas de Angel Garcia, Lisboa, IN-CM, 1984. Jonas, H., The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics /or the Technological Age, Chicago, UCP, 1984. Morão, A., “A técnica como problema filosófico. Linhas da reflexão actual”, in: Brotéria 148 (1999): 15-35. Jünger, E., O trabalhador: domínio e figura, Hugin, 2000. Ortega y Gasset, A Meditação sobre a Técnica, Lisboa, Fim de Século, 2009. Platão, Protágoras, Lisboa, Relógio D’Água, 1999. Spengler , Oswald , O Homem e a Técnica, Lisboa, Guimarães Editores, 1993.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.