GERMAN CULTURE NEWS - Cornell University

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TIle second halfofthe program addressed
Martin Heidegger's 1955 essay "The
Question Concerning Technology" and
the crux ofthe discussion was the problem
of how to negotiate the difference between
thinking the limit and beyond.
The groundwork was set forth by
Adelheid Voskuhl (Science andTcchnology
Studies). in a lucid and rigorousexplication
of Heidegga's essay. Voskuhl
reconstructed its argument with a view to
appreciating it!> construction and to asking
whether its conclusions arc COlllmcnsurate
10 the sophistication of its structure.
Voskuhl framed her p.1pcrin termsof
five issues (which she named "problems
and intuitions") that typically beset