PSY 181 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Noumenon, Existentialism, Edmund Husserl

• 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

Existential = importance of grasping subjectively what it means to be human = to understand our experience we must live experience inside ourself = put yourself in another shoes. Message = you are free = you are at the center of your existence. Existential theory are not objectifying = ppl are not lab rats = we are individuals. We are free to make personal choice = no excuse to hate our own existence. We are responsible for changing our own life. Our capacity for choice and capacity for (transcendence - reflect on our existence) make up our essence. Phenomenology = scientific method of existentialism = franz and edmund. Phenomenology = method of realizing that which shines forth from your existence. Kant = we can never grasp objective reality of the world around us. Noumena = underlying reality that truly exists = we cannot access noumena but we can assume its qualities.