CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
... He wants to know what being ‘is’ and not what the sense is of what’s it all about (for instance figuring out why there is something rather than nothing). Within philosophy the question of being has come to be forgotten. There are three reasons for this ‘forgetfulness of being’ (Seinsvergessenh ...
... He wants to know what being ‘is’ and not what the sense is of what’s it all about (for instance figuring out why there is something rather than nothing). Within philosophy the question of being has come to be forgotten. There are three reasons for this ‘forgetfulness of being’ (Seinsvergessenh ...
Heidegger - tools analysis
... possibilities. Such projecting has nothing to do with comporting oneself toward a plan that has been thought out. It is not a plan, since Dasein has, as Dasein, already projected itself. ...
... possibilities. Such projecting has nothing to do with comporting oneself toward a plan that has been thought out. It is not a plan, since Dasein has, as Dasein, already projected itself. ...
Lec 9 - Ursula Stange
... maintained the eternity of existing nature, of void space, and of motion ...
... maintained the eternity of existing nature, of void space, and of motion ...
What is Metaphysics?
... • Reality then can consist of Matter – Materialism- Physical Objects are real, due to the evidence gather from the senses and perceptions. It insists that matter alone provides a sufficient explanation of reality;understanding its physical processes id sufficient. • Reality then can consist of Idea ...
... • Reality then can consist of Matter – Materialism- Physical Objects are real, due to the evidence gather from the senses and perceptions. It insists that matter alone provides a sufficient explanation of reality;understanding its physical processes id sufficient. • Reality then can consist of Idea ...
Language sometimes is deceptive
... In summary, the term “philosophy” refers to the tasks or work of philosophers. But there are so many traditions of philosophy, so many different topics covered, so many different methods which different philosophers use, so many purposes and goals that philosophers think that philosophy can have, so ...
... In summary, the term “philosophy” refers to the tasks or work of philosophers. But there are so many traditions of philosophy, so many different topics covered, so many different methods which different philosophers use, so many purposes and goals that philosophers think that philosophy can have, so ...
Sartre-How Do We Get From Nothingnes to Freedom
... from Heidegger. Heidegger’s Dasein is not corporeal or essential – it consists of ready-tohand experience, states of mind, guilt about the past, a consciousness of the finite nature of the future, and in particular a sense of falling through the present – all existential properties. Sartre would the ...
... from Heidegger. Heidegger’s Dasein is not corporeal or essential – it consists of ready-tohand experience, states of mind, guilt about the past, a consciousness of the finite nature of the future, and in particular a sense of falling through the present – all existential properties. Sartre would the ...
Plato and Aristotle
... a human are all substances • Secondary substances are what Aristotle called the species and genus to which a thing belongs, and these are less real • He also claimed that forms are real but that they cannot exist independently of the particular substance ...
... a human are all substances • Secondary substances are what Aristotle called the species and genus to which a thing belongs, and these are less real • He also claimed that forms are real but that they cannot exist independently of the particular substance ...
Albert Camus
... Typically, rationality is associated with freedom, while we are often “slaves to our passions.” The existentialists suggest we live best and are most ourselves in terms of passion. Kierkegaard’s notion of “passionate commitment” as opposed to “detached reflection” is central. For Neitzsche, to reall ...
... Typically, rationality is associated with freedom, while we are often “slaves to our passions.” The existentialists suggest we live best and are most ourselves in terms of passion. Kierkegaard’s notion of “passionate commitment” as opposed to “detached reflection” is central. For Neitzsche, to reall ...
Existentialism
... himself. At every moment it is always his own free will choosing how to act. He is responsible for his actions, which limit future actions. Thus, he must create a morality in the absence of any known predetermined absolute values. God does not figure into the equation, because even if God does exist ...
... himself. At every moment it is always his own free will choosing how to act. He is responsible for his actions, which limit future actions. Thus, he must create a morality in the absence of any known predetermined absolute values. God does not figure into the equation, because even if God does exist ...
Proving God: The Ontological Argument
... intellect and “understanding” against the then-current anti-intellectualism of the Church • Best known for his Monologion and Proslogion, in which the ontological argument is developed ...
... intellect and “understanding” against the then-current anti-intellectualism of the Church • Best known for his Monologion and Proslogion, in which the ontological argument is developed ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... • It is undefinable, since there is no higher concept by which to define it • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
... • It is undefinable, since there is no higher concept by which to define it • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
Grendel by John Gardner
... Existentialism: This philosophy emphasizes “existence over essence.” In other words, one’s physical existence does not assume any particular reason for being. The foremost existentialist of the 20th century, and whose philosophy is being examined in Grendel, is Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre writes that p ...
... Existentialism: This philosophy emphasizes “existence over essence.” In other words, one’s physical existence does not assume any particular reason for being. The foremost existentialist of the 20th century, and whose philosophy is being examined in Grendel, is Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre writes that p ...
Comment: Parmenides
... important points and convey to the student how he or she might improve next time around. Parmenedies Parmenedies of Elea was one of the most important presocratic philosophers. He wrote a poem called "On Nature" in which a goddess instructs him. The Goddess tells him about truth and things that exis ...
... important points and convey to the student how he or she might improve next time around. Parmenedies Parmenedies of Elea was one of the most important presocratic philosophers. He wrote a poem called "On Nature" in which a goddess instructs him. The Goddess tells him about truth and things that exis ...
Metaphysics
... e.g essence of a frog is its frogness. We can know what makes up a frogs- ness without thinking about a particular frog. Existence is completely different from essence. Essentially to say what a frog is and to say that a frog is, are completely different statements. ...
... e.g essence of a frog is its frogness. We can know what makes up a frogs- ness without thinking about a particular frog. Existence is completely different from essence. Essentially to say what a frog is and to say that a frog is, are completely different statements. ...
Marco Trivellato - Professor Dugan - PHI 101 ISL - Due date 05
... Necessity. He stated that we find in nature things that are possible; to be and not to be, that come into being and go out of being such as contingent beings. There is a time for each contingent being, in which they do not exist. Therefore at that time, there would have been nothing to bring the cur ...
... Necessity. He stated that we find in nature things that are possible; to be and not to be, that come into being and go out of being such as contingent beings. There is a time for each contingent being, in which they do not exist. Therefore at that time, there would have been nothing to bring the cur ...
Introduction to Metaphysical Terms
... Monists Reality is one all-encompassing thing and all things are manifestations or expressions of this one thing. ...
... Monists Reality is one all-encompassing thing and all things are manifestations or expressions of this one thing. ...
Intro PowerPoint for Metaphysics
... the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the physical world). ...
... the Universe; Mind/Body; Freedom/Determinism. First used by Aristotle who wrote first his Physics (concerning the physical world) and the Metaphysics (beyond the physical world). ...
Being
Being is an extremely broad concept encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence. Anything that partakes in being is also called a ""being"", though often this use is limited to entities that have subjectivity (as in the expression ""human being""). So broad a notion has inevitably been elusive and controversial in the history of philosophy, beginning in western philosophy with attempts among the pre-Socratics to deploy it intelligibly.As an example of efforts in recent times, Martin Heidegger (who himself drew on ancient Greek sources) adopted German terms like Dasein to articulate the topic. Several modern approaches build on such continental European exemplars as Heidegger, and apply metaphysical results to the understanding of human psychology and the human condition generally (notably in the Existentialist tradition).By contrast, in mainstream Analytical philosophy the topic is more confined to abstract investigation, in the work of such influential theorists as W. V. O. Quine, to name one of many. One most fundamental question that continues to exercise philosophers is put by William James: ""How comes the world to be here at all instead of the nonentity which might be imagined in its place? ... from nothing to being there is no logical bridge.""