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2nd year Philosophy - Existentialism and Phenomenology > Søren Kierkegaard - Dreyfus and the 3 Stages of Existence > Flashcards

Søren Kierkegaard - Dreyfus and the 3 Stages of Existence Flashcards

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Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017) is most famous for criticising what?

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The human tendency to ‘idolise’ computing technologies

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Dreyfus was strongly influenced by which branch of philosophy, and which three respective philosophers?

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Existentialism: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty

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Which three key values did he defend?

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Selfhood, embodiment, and commitment

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What was the aim of his book ‘Anonymity versus commitment’, in short?

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To translate Kierkegaard’s account of ‘The Press’ into a ‘critique of the internet’. In particular, how the internet has changed the way educators teach.

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Dreyfus argues the “internet is too” … “for us to think of it as a device for satisfying any specific need…”.

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Gigantic

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Which short story by Jean Louis Borges encapsulates Dreyfus’ concept of a ‘global network that links all minds and all knowledge’?

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The Library of Babel

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Referencing Kierkegaard, Dreyfus argued that qualitative distinctions on the web have what?

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Levelled

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Which two components of quality have disappeared online according to Dreyfus?

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Relevance and significance

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Which two sentence quote encapsulates Dreyfus argument regarding the lack of distinct quality on the internet?

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“Nothing is too trivial trivial to be included. Nothing is so important that it demands a special place.” - Anonymity (p 642)

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What are Kierkegaard’s ‘Three Stages of Existence’?

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The ‘Aesthetic’ Stage’, The ‘Ethical Stage’, and The ‘Religious Stage’

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For Kierkegaard, what term describes the method of escaping ‘levelling’?

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Leap to faith

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In short, what is the ‘leap to faith’?

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Making an unconditional commitment

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What stage(s) of Kierkegaard’s ‘Three Stages of Existence’ does Dreyfus suggest the tendencies of the net allow for?

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The ‘Aesthetic Stage’ and the ‘Ethical Stage’

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Dreyfus argues the Religious Stage is… by the internet?

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Undermined

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The individual in the ‘Aesthetic Stage’ is known as what?

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An anonymous spectator

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During the ‘Aesthetic Stage’ which two driving forces are the reason for selecting information?

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Enjoyment and boredom

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During the ‘Aesthetic Stage’ curiosity is apparent, but there is a lack of … and …

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Commitment and risk

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The ‘lack of commitment and risk’ in the ‘Aesthetic Stage’ leads to no … or …

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Competence or mastery

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Aesthetic life eventually makes “…everything equally […] and equally […]” - Anonymity (p 643)

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Interesting, boring

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In Kierkegaard’s book ‘Either/or’ (p 391), he argues that people who view life Aesthetically experience what?

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Despair

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What did Kierkegaard say was an ‘imperative requirement’ for those living Aesthetically?

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a higher form of existence

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In the ‘Ethical Stage’ of existence the individual is defined by…

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Conditional social roles

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How do we select information in the ‘Ethical Stage’?

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According to ‘what is relevant to our role’

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Commitments and risks are unconditional in the ‘Ethical Stage’. - True or False

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False - they are conditional

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We gain ‘limited competency’ by becoming competent at turning information into what?

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Specialised knowledge

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Describe ‘active despair’; a trait of Ethical life.

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Constantly living experimentally

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In the ‘Religious Stage’ of existence the individual is defined by…

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Unconditional commitments

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Unconditional commitments are commitments that risk…

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One’s embodied ‘whole being’

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What feat is possible in the ‘Religious Stage’

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‘Complete competency’ or mastery

30
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According to Dreyfus the ‘Religious Stage’ determines what?

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Who we are (since we embody a project)

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The ‘leap to faith’ is a leap to which stage of existence?

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The Religious stage

32
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Dreyfus described the simulation process of the internet as a…

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Risk-free game

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Dreyfus described the simulation process of the internet as a…

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Risk-free game

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Dreyfus described the simulation process of the internet as a…

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Risk-free game

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