PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Flicker Fusion Threshold, Continental Philosophy, Existentialism
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Questions: what does physicalism mean and what would a physicalist argue about existentialism. If you"re a physicalist you ascribe to science, it says we can explain everything in terms of physical causes: only assume physicality matter. Buddhist: life is suffering because we want permeance in an impermanent world (another way of describing uncertainty: solution: get rid of the desire, we need to live authentically: if you pretend that life has inherent purpose. Determined in part by your social experiencing and your interpretation of you experience. To determine; you should talk to them to get what their view is like: eigenwelt [i-gin-velt]: internal world view; the quality may differ which modifies that internal content. Based on actual input which is your thoughts and emotions: umwelt [um-velt]: how we see our physical world. Interpretation can be learned or inborn (e. g. the way an artist learns to see the world vs leaning artistry training your experience of that object may be different)
