2010-12-10, 18:22
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Hiya! Tankte skriva pa engelska i detta inlagget eftersom mitt tangentbord saknar de svenska bokstaverna.
I just had a lecture on the afforementioned philosopher from the perspective presented in this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0150951355473#
Quite interesting and highly recommended even if you don't fancy participating in the discussion
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My issue with his philosophy arises from his statement that "Existence comes before Essence". The way I understand it, this is a major cornerstone of his theories, because, shortly put, it is precisely this thesis which makes everything meaningless and formable. Nothing holds any meaning except what it makes of itself. Atleast this is the way I've understood it and maybe this is where I go wrong in my lines of thinking, but I'm sure someone will point it out if that is the case.
Now, I have an objection to the whole notion of "Existence before Essence". Consider this thoughtexperiment: A woman is pregnant and the father has already determined that if it is a boy, he will train it to become a tennis pro when it has become an adult. In doing so, it can be argued that a destiny has been created for the child. By destiny, I do not mean a higher power creating a purpouse; but simply a path of life that has been created for you to follow that is outside of your ability to resist. In this case, essence has been created for the baby before its existance.
From my understanding, when Sartre thought of humans he pictured a middleaged man and not a baby so I haven't really found anything from Sartre which would dispute this. So my first question naturally becomes if you have seen anything from Sartre that would touch upon this area and if you have, where can I find it? Secondly, I wonder if you would agree with the problem that I have raised? If not, where do you think that I go wrong?
I would just like to stress that this has nothing to do with an essay or coursework, I just thought of this objection during the class and couldn't get an answer to teh problem from my lecturer. So if there are any obvious fuckups or confused lines of argument, please point them out
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I just had a lecture on the afforementioned philosopher from the perspective presented in this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0150951355473#
Quite interesting and highly recommended even if you don't fancy participating in the discussion
.My issue with his philosophy arises from his statement that "Existence comes before Essence". The way I understand it, this is a major cornerstone of his theories, because, shortly put, it is precisely this thesis which makes everything meaningless and formable. Nothing holds any meaning except what it makes of itself. Atleast this is the way I've understood it and maybe this is where I go wrong in my lines of thinking, but I'm sure someone will point it out if that is the case.
Now, I have an objection to the whole notion of "Existence before Essence". Consider this thoughtexperiment: A woman is pregnant and the father has already determined that if it is a boy, he will train it to become a tennis pro when it has become an adult. In doing so, it can be argued that a destiny has been created for the child. By destiny, I do not mean a higher power creating a purpouse; but simply a path of life that has been created for you to follow that is outside of your ability to resist. In this case, essence has been created for the baby before its existance.
From my understanding, when Sartre thought of humans he pictured a middleaged man and not a baby so I haven't really found anything from Sartre which would dispute this. So my first question naturally becomes if you have seen anything from Sartre that would touch upon this area and if you have, where can I find it? Secondly, I wonder if you would agree with the problem that I have raised? If not, where do you think that I go wrong?
I would just like to stress that this has nothing to do with an essay or coursework, I just thought of this objection during the class and couldn't get an answer to teh problem from my lecturer. So if there are any obvious fuckups or confused lines of argument, please point them out
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Senast redigerad av waes 2010-12-10 kl. 18:26.