PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Martin Heidegger, Time Complexity, Dasein
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Exams: there will be two take-home papers, and unannounced quizzes on the reading assignment for the meeting. summary first lecture. Exams: there will be two take-home papers, and unannounced quizzes on the reading assignment for the meeting. Political siding with german nazism, at least at one point in his career. Lecture on historical background for aristotle and heidegger and their significance. Some salient features of their philosophizing: aristotle (384-322 b. c. A philosopher who explores things in their order. Addressing all the issues and all the kinds of knowledge of his time. Looks at the cosmos, our world and humans as ordered by telos: everything has a tendency to behave or ought to behave in a purposeful way. Three major branches of science/knowledge: theoretical pursuing knowledge for the sake of knowing (philosophy! ); practical knowledge for the sake of leading our lives. Productive science: creating useful and beautiful things (arts and crafts). Looking for universal truths by exploring the essence of items.
