Chapter 11 & 12 Flashcards
Two basic concepts of existentialism
Being in the world and nonbeing
Umwelt
Environment around us
Mitwelt
Our relations with other people
Eigenwelt
Our relationships with ourselves
Dasein
Basic unity of person and environment
Normal anxiety
To grow and change your values
Neurotic anxiety
A reaction that is disproportionate to a threat
Eros
Seeking procreation
Philia
An intimate nonsexual friendship between two people, platonic
Agape
Altruistic, undeserved and unconditional
Anxiety
becoming aware that your existence can be destroyed
Common traits
Traits held in common by many people, made for comparisons
Personal dispositions
description of someone in terms of individual characteristics
Preservative functional autonomy
An impression that leaves an influence on an experience