PHL 553 Lecture Notes - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Malik, System On A Chip
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Published on 1 Feb 2013
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PHL 553 L1+tutorial
1/14/13
Analytic tradition- practiced by english speaking world – problem solving philosophy logic,breaking
down in logical steps and categories of language
continental philosophy-big questions ex: why am i here?- Europe linked with post-existentionalism
phenomenology- study on how we experience the world
heidagger-
levinas- found fatal flaw on what it says about other human beings you vs the “other”
derrida- gift of given time of the king- what a gift is? How it can be transformative
kristeva-issue he grapples is claims we are living through a very nialistic period
recurrant theme patients come with the idea they don't see a purpose in life
how did this happen?
where did things go wrong?
Black sun
theodore dostoevsky traumatized
she tries to tie pieces
nialism- melencholia
tree of life-terrence malik
What is Philosophy?
•philosophy the love of wisdom and truth
•Search for a truthful understanding of our reality + who we are
•philosophical inquiry occasionally conflicts w/:
◦dominant ways of seeing things (soc norms)
◦common sense perceptions/attitudes
•philosopher is someone who
◦does not shy away from the feeling of being puzzled
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Husseral was jewish until he converted to christianity
•founder of modern phenomenology
•was dismissed from teaching when he was found out to be jewish
•phenomenology-description of the essential features of our everyday lived xps
◦the way we xp the world around us
•EH's PHLical inquiries quickly brought him into the open opposition w/the dominant scientific
attitude of his time (positivism) + w/common sense view of reality
◦identifies a # of philosophical positions that he rejects:
▪objectivism