Existentialism Flashcards
We have free will and can make our own choices pero limited.
Libertarian Free Will
What book of Sartre discussed existence as a physical and mental feeling
Nausea
Freedom is:
- detachable
- human condition
- Condemnation of man: Being free condemned us to making right choices.
“We exist before we find meaning”
Existence precedes essence
“To be is to be perceived”
Esse est percipi
These are the things we can’t change like skin color and handicaps. But we can still find meaning in them
Facticity
Transcendence
Idk
Why is essence more important than existence
It is a prerequisite. If you define your meaning then your existence will surely follow. You can’t define your existence without defining your essence
What’re the 7 existential themes? 4A DFC
Absurdity Alienation Anxiety and Dread Anguish Death and Nothingness Freedom Crowd Mentality
- life is full of contradictions
- death can’t be the focus of human existence
- finding shit weird all of a sudden
- why am i even alive if i’m just gonna die?
Absurdity
- even tho youre doing things alone, doesnt mean youre not fulfilling your existence
- man separates himself from earthly existence
- our lives are governed by meditative and calculative thinking (reflections and science)
- technology separates us from nature
- we reflect
- too much individualism = unable to experience the other
Alienation
- makes us insecure of our abilities
- question why we start stuff in the first place
- fear the idea of nothingness
Anxiety and Dread
- Everything is terrifyingly possible
- Nothing is predetermined
- Without God, they feel alone.
- I am unable to escape a deep sense of responsibility
- We are accountable for our choices
Anguish
- near death experience can also be losing the idea of existence
Death and Nothingness
- interconnected with the other themes
Freedom
- we live in a crowd existence
- The crowd dictates how your existence is defined
- Ex. Youre just a teacher, or student, or worker
- If youre way into the crowd, you cant experience yourself
Crowd Mentality
Philosopher on existentialism
Jean Paul Sartre
Sartre’s work
Being and Nothingness
Sartre was an?
Atheistic Existentialism
prepositionlessness philosophy.
Phenomenology
Four ideas of Sartre
- Existence precedes essence
- Anguish (angua) - We have to make a choice. The RIGHT choice. We cant escape decision making. Not making a choice is still a choice.
- Freedom = responsibility.
- Authentic existence
What is authentic existence?
- we have consciousness
* we make our own choices
Three kinds of being
En soi, pour soi, pour artrui
En soi is?
Being in itself
- Object of consciousness
- Ikaw yung tinitignan
Pour soi is?
- Ikaw yung consciousness mismo
- You accept na conscious ka
Pour artrui
Being for others
- consciousness with others
- You interact with other conscious beings
