Hubert Dreyfus on Husserl and Heidegger: Section 1

In contrast to empiricist and rationalist traditions, existentialism proposes and orderless world, vaguely hostile, where people choose their character goals, have an obligation only to "authentic," and may only observe the truth (reality) in moments of anxiety. In this program, University of California, Berkeley philosopher Herbert Dreyfus traces the roots of existentialism from Edmund Husserl's School of Phenomenology, to his pupil Martin Heidegger's theories of das Sein, the threefold structure of activity, authenticity, and nihilism. Dreyfus relates the philosophies of both en to present-day schools of thought.

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[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

Sir, I am sitting in front of my computer wearing only my dun-coloured underpants and I have to say that I resent your implication that a 'hue' is in some sense indicative of personality - and therefore moral worth. On the contrary! My very moral worth lies in the fact that I have eschewed the petty conventions of dress and elected to lead the life of the mind. Good day to you.

[tbarjify]

Well, Sartre's "Existential Psychoanalysis" gets no attention these days. Dasein is supposed to a be asexual--its structure is/was supposed to hold true for all humans everywhere. It's pre-gender, pre-sexual. It's supposed to be. I think it's both to his credit and detriment that Heidegger is so general. Post-Heideggerian thought is blooming and has bloomed already--Foucault, Derrida, Sartre, Dreyfus himself, Camus, Tillich--the list continues A very diverse crowd. Part of the allure.

[charlatanbaby]

"Idiosyncratic" with an "S"

[nyum brahok]

Dreyfus has a remarkable ability to discuss and make Heidegger's ideas accessible to non-professionals. Would have been nice if they had more time to discuss Foucault, Derrida, etc.

[Alex Alien]

What Heidegger meant by Being was Obing what Heidegger meant by being-in-the-world was obing-in-the-world and then we realise the meaning of the silence that Heidegger had on the Holocaust was not about the annihilation of beings but about the annihilation of obings since 6,000,000 beings did not die in the Holocaust but only 6,000,000 obings died and so silence makes sense and becomes clear for Heidegger the silence was his rational response for 6,000,000 dead obings is 6,000,000 dead objects.

[Tucknrollgrampa]

these two have no clue one day cunts would wear those glasses to be cool :[

[jeremy drollinger]

what if d-o-g spelled cat. Hummmm....

[tashaea]

Dreyfus! He's a wonderful professor.

[Jonathan Conway]

I love the intro music to this series. The marching/trumpet calls brings to mind the march of ideas and philosophies throughout history. Very appropriate.

[Bloodlovefreak]

Dreyfus looks a bit like war monger John Bolton.

[missNorquest]

man i wish my english was better, so i wont have to google every word >.>

[jeremy wiseman]

what if c-a-t speeled dog.