Hubert Dreyfus on Husserl and Heidegger: Section 2

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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[Extracelestial]

Now I can confidently list "wearing my clothes" as a skill the next time I apply for a job!

[chimphunter]

Yes, you are probably the only one.

[nactan]

although that is a 'selective attention test' (watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo) scenario

[nactan]

cellphones while driving: cope with that, heidegger!

[webmastersize]

Can anyone please tell my how can i get in a state of cconsciousness by my self without phenomenons..is this even possible.?.

[niriop]

For me this is the best section of the discourse; a fantastic overview of phenomenology.

[soran27]

@Extracelestial also standing and moving and talking. serious job skills.

[R1ckr011]

@bertinotti -2-

Furthermore it is only possible to change one's opinions when one's feelings have been affected. We have felt embarrassed only about things that would embarrass us. We are taught to feel that way about certain things, for the most part (mirror neurons, anyone). But for many emotions, we don't know why we should be angry about things, but we still do feel the way we do. Feelings are much more primitive than thoughts.

[R1ckr011]

@bertinotti But, to the extent that our feelings permit us Only can we change our ideas. Our emotional state ingrains our thoughts in us. If you were able to change how you Feel, then changing how you think would be easy.

You feel that rape is wrong. You feel this very strongly. Even as you think it, there is nothing that would change your thoughts on this unless for some very bizarre reason your feelings had changed on the matter.

Feelings precede thoughts. Developmental psych basics.

[bertinotti]

@R1ckr011 Can you explain what you mean. David Burns argues that our feelings --anger, embarrasment, frustration, etc,. are the effects of cognition and that how we think about something informs how we perceive and react to the experience. If we change the way we think about something, we can change the way we feel. How does Heidegger reject this notion? THANKS

[R1ckr011]

@bertinotti That is incredibly backwards. Our thoughts are colored and suffused with meaning only in as much as they have emotional content.

[eklektos44]

The question is whether the thong chick ready to hand, or merely present to hand?