PSY 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dasein, Martin Heidegger, Existentialism

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 181
• Professor: C H R I S T O P H E R N I E M I E C

Document Summary

Martin heidegger, author of being and time. Most beings cannot realize that being exists, and humans are unique in being able to realize that being exists. Three levels of knowledge of being and non-being: Level 1: i am aware that i exist . Level 2: i am aware that i may not exist. awareness of death as an abstract concept that exists way off in the future. Level 3: i am aware that i will not exist. death is a real, indiscriminate concept and can happen at any time. These levels of knowledge lead us to ask, what am i now? and make us see the. We can engage, negate, or change any possibility in our life. When we"re not need to choose an authentic existence engaged in our life, we cease to exist. We are born alone and we die alone. There is an existential void between ourselves and any other object in the world (human or other)