Essence Versus Instances of Technology

Reading Martin Heidegger is tough. Here to introduce us to some core concepts in The Question Concerning Technology (1954) is Greg Sadler, whose YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@GregoryBSadler "That Philosophy Guy" has just racked up over 170K subscribers and whose podcast Sadler's Lectures (Spotify Link) is updated almost every day, including an ongoing discussion of Jeremy Bentham.

This 2-part lecture, which you can watch on YouTube here covers Heidegger's discussion of Aristotelian causality, including the so-called 'Four Causes' as well as Heidegger's discussion of unveiling and bringing-forth (aletheia, Greek), enframing (Gestell) and standing-reserve.

Rest of the shownotes on the Patreon post.