PHL 366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Existence Precedes Essence, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ontic

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHL 366
• Professor: Thomas Hart

Document Summary

Sartre said there is more to nothingness than just not-being. All agree that central organizing characteristic is consciousness. Kierkegaard; objective truth of a chair is meaningless; subjective truth is personal. Being-in-itself is idea of essence precedes existence (we design chairs to be what they are; plan in mind before you create it, when chair comes into existence it is everything it will ever be (ontic) Sartre defines existentialists as someone who believes humans are things where e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e pre(cid:272)edes esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g-for-itself (ontological) Mind is consciousness but sartre says that is nothingness; empty room where things e(cid:374)ter a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) (cid:862)light up(cid:863) consciousness is always of something else. Heidegger said (cid:449)e are (cid:374)ot a(cid:449)are e(cid:374)ough of our (cid:373)ortalit(cid:455); if (cid:449)e (cid:449)ere, (cid:449)e"d (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e more aware of the present. Sartre said you can drop any project at any time as lo(cid:374)g as (cid:455)ou"re a(cid:449)are of se(cid:374)se of responsibility. Who you are + what your do is determined by long-term goals (uni acceptances)