Sartre’s Terms And Definitions

Question 1

The For-itself (Le Pour-Soi)

Answer 1

The means by which we are conscious of ourselves as objects, not in-itself.
What confers meaning (for).

Question 2

The In-itself (L’En-Soi)

Answer 2

Possible to reference the in-itself, but not to grasp it, experience it, in-itself.

Question 3

Being

Answer 3

Huh!

Question 4

Nothingness

Answer 4

Mmmmm

Question 5

Pre-reflective consciousness

Answer 5

Oh boy!

Question 6

Reflective consciousness

Answer 6

Oh boy boy!

Question 7

“Existant”

Answer 7

Reality/Existence, that precedes perception/POV.

Question 8

“Transcendance”

Answer 8

Surpassing the being-in-itself (l’en-soi), the existant, into a being-for-itself (?), a meaning.

(e.g, inert matter is an existant, transcendance leads to its essence, its meaning, as being a paper-weight)

Question 9

Pre-Reflective Cogito (PRC)

Answer 9

“I am, I exist.” (?)
The certainty of existence precedes reflection.

Question 10

Phenomenon of Being

Answer 10

Totalizer (?)

Question 11

What is the reality of the object?

Answer 11

That it is there, and not me. (La tasse).

Question 12

What is Internal Negation, and why do we use it?

Answer 12

Holy moly

Question 13

Objectification

Question 14

The being of the phenomenon

Question 15

What am I?

Answer 15

I am a being that grasps itself as existing.