Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language

Why AI Can’t Understand Context: Heidegger, Enframing, and the Art of Weaving Reality

A curious insight from The New York Times and Forbes.

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Eugene Terekhin
Dec 19, 2025
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Martin Heidegger famously argued:

“The essence of technology is nothing technological.” — The Question Concerning Technology

What, then, is its essence? Its essence is “enframing”— a way of giving us a particular lens through which to view the world. Modern technology is Gestell: a mode of disclosing reality, not a tool. It reveals reality as “standing-r…

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